Cancer Nursing Practice
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Newsroom
Feedback from up to 49,000 patients with cancer remains unpublished, study suggests
Researchers say information on quality of life during and after treatment must be shared
RCNi Nurse Awards 2019: find out who is in the finals
We reveal this year’s shortlist of fabulous nurses, healthcare assistants and teams
Last chance to enter Nursing Standard-Marie Curie survey
Time is running out to complete our survey – and have the chance to win a prize
RCN campaign raises awareness of when and when not to use gloves
College says inappropriate use can risk damage to hands as well as infection
Correct use of gloves and how to protect your skin
RCN Glove Awareness week stresses correct use of gloves and how nurses can protect their skin
NMC: ‘numerous concerns’ over its handling of personal independent payment complaints
Annual review also reveals that it met 22 out of 24 standards of good regulation
Evidence and Practice
Online live chat: a digital solution or barrier to communicating with those affected by...
Greater access to the internet has resulted in more people searching online for health...
Psychological effects of choosing active surveillance on men with prostate cancer
Greater awareness about prostate cancer has led to an increase in early detection of organ-...
How people with myeloma perceive patient-reported outcome measures
Aim There is a lack of literature on what patients with myeloma think about patient-reported...
Sexual activity after treatment for head and neck cancer: the experience of survivors
Aim People with head and neck cancer (HNC) are at risk of dissatisfaction with sexual...
Coming out in cancer care: is disclosure of sexual orientation beneficial?
Nurses and other health professionals are expected to ask patients about sexual orientation...
Collaborative working in cancer pain management
Despite recent attention to pain assessment and management, cancer pain remains a...
Features
Nursing older people with cancer
The final article in our series on how cancer affects different patient demographics
The case for sentinel node biopsy
The less invasive way to diagnose and treat head and neck cancers
Coping with body image changes after cancer treatment
How nurses can improve their support for women with cancer
Ensuring nurses feel confident providing LGBT cancer care
Providing the best care can be challenging, but there are resources to help
Making cancer research nursing an attractive career choice
Cancer research roles are often misunderstood, but are vital to cancer care
How care for children with cancer can be improved
Round table of paediatric cancer nurses look at the challenges specialist nurses face
Opinion
Nurses should encourage people to talk about dying
Demystify palliative care and advance care planning by helping patients to talk about death
How my patient experience has enabled me to empathise with those in my care
My own diagnosis made me re-evaluate what I thought I knew about survivorship
Book review: Anti Cancer Living
Chemotherapy nurse consultant Catherine Oakley reviews Anti Cancer Living
Students
Don’t worry if you shed a tear
Looking after a patient nearing the end of life can be daunting, but one nursing student...
An insight into the hidden battles of patients with invisible illnesses
When nursing student Laurie Batchelor helped care for a patient in the community with cancer...
Student’s homemade songbook helped patients forget cancer symptoms
When nursing student Georgia Brain created a book of lyrics to help her patients remember...
Careers
‘Never lose sight of the person within your patient’
Jane Billing, lead for a urology oncology nurse specialist service, talks about her job
‘I knew oncology was my passion and I have never looked back’
Lead research nurse Julie Duncan explains her passion for cancer nursing
My job: Macmillan hepato-pancreato-biliary clinical nurse specialist
Vicki Stevenson-Hornby on being an advocate for a specialist cancer patient group