Addressing the global pediatric oncology nursing workforce gap: An overdue imperative

Challinor, Julia; Liu, Kevin

doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2022.01.006

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“…20 21 With lack of specialty training, nurses may not be familiar with aspects of care specific to patients with cancer and this may negatively affect the outcomes of care. 22 While acknowledging that specialty education and training is the most ideal way to improve outcomes of children with cancer in LMICs, this may not be realised soon in many of these settings because the processes of developing and implementing a curriculum take a long time. 23 24 Consequently, health outcomes of children with cancer will continue to be poor as nurses managing them are not able to fully meet the specific and complex demands of paediatric cancer care due to lack of extensive knowledge and skills such as psychosocial support and safe administration of chemotherapy.…”

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“…Nurses learn to deal with complexities of cancer management on the job through experience, intuition and doctors’ instructions 20 21. With lack of specialty training, nurses may not be familiar with aspects of care specific to patients with cancer and this may negatively affect the outcomes of care 22…”

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“… 20 21 With lack of specialty training, nurses may not be familiar with aspects of care specific to patients with cancer and this may negatively affect the outcomes of care. 22 …”

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Paediatric oncology nursing education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol

Majamanda,

Chisoni,

Selemani

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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IntroductionThe care of children with cancer is a highly specialised field which requires well-educated, trained and dedicated nurses to provide high-quality care. In low/middle-income countries, the survival rate of children with cancer is low as compared with that of high-income countries due to the limited number of specialised oncology healthcare professionals, especially nurses. To address this problem, a number of paediatric oncology education and training programmes have been developed for nurses. The objective of this scoping review is to describe the existing literature focusing on paediatric oncology nursing education and training programmes; to map the content, delivery methods, duration and mode of assessment.MethodsThe review will include articles published in English, from 2012 to 2022, that describe a paediatric oncology nursing education programme, from any setting. The review will follow Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews guidelines. A systematic search of literature will be performed in CINAHL, Dimensions, Embase, PubMed and Scopus. A two-stage standardised screening process will be employed to evaluate eligibility of the articles. All abstracts that will be considered relevant will be reviewed in full text form by the two reviewers independently. Conflicts will be resolved by consensus of all reviewers through a meeting. Data will be extracted by two independent reviewers using a developed data extraction tool. The results will be reported in extraction tables and diagrams with a narrative summary.Ethics and disseminationThis scoping review is part of the multiphase study which obtained ethical clearance from College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee in Malawi and Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. The scoping review will be published in a peer reviewed journal. The findings will also be presented at national and international conferences.Trial registration numberhttps://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/X3Q4H

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Paediatric oncology nursing education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol

Majamanda,

Chisoni,

Selemani

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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“…Nurses in LMICs who care for patients with cancer often have limited access to specialty texts and peer-reviewed publications, particularly in their native languages, to augment their clinical education (Eniu et al, 2019; Galassi et al, 2017). Additionally, many nurses who acquire specialty education are not recognized for their knowledge and skills by their workplaces or by other governing authorities (Challinor, 2022; Diaw et al, 2020; Yang & Zhang, 2013).…”

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An Expert Evaluation of Oncology Website Resources for Use in Pediatric Oncology Clinical Nursing Education in Low-Resource Settings

Banayat,

Challinor,

Sniderman

2023

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing

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Background: Online healthcare information is often used by pediatric oncology nurse educators in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for teaching clinical nurses as part of their initial orientation or continuing education. Access to peer-reviewed nursing journals via paid subscriptions or sub-specialty nursing textbooks in these settings is rare. This project identified and evaluated websites appropriate for pediatric oncology nurse educators in LMICs for teaching staff nurses, and for clinical staff nurses engaging in self-directed learning. Method: A strategic Google search for childhood cancer websites and an appropriate scoring tool was conducted. The Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose Test, along with a previously published scoring rubric that was further adapted by the authors for pediatric oncology were used. Pediatric content, language options, and reading levels were appraised. Results: Of 86 identified websites, 51 met the inclusion criteria for evaluation. Websites were classified as highly recommended ( n = 36), recommended ( n = 12), or not recommended ( n = 3) based on scores (range 14–30; maximum possible score = 30). Half offered content in multiple languages. Most websites were 9–10th-grade reading level. Discussion: Childhood cancer information appropriate for clinical nurse orientation and self-directed learning by LMIC nurses is available on free websites. Some information (diagnosis, chemotherapy, psychosocial support) is repeated across websites, while some is lacking (pediatric cancer genetics and health equity disparities). Reading levels are higher than recommended for health literacy. The reviewed websites were rarely peer-reviewed, inconsistently updated, and generally self-regulated. However, 48 websites on childhood cancer were deemed appropriate pediatric oncology clinical nursing education resources.

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Quality of life and family functioning soon after paediatric brain tumour diagnosis: A cross-sectional observational study

Young,

Cashion,

Ekberg

et al. 2023

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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Addressing the global pediatric oncology nursing workforce gap: An overdue imperative

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Paediatric oncology nursing education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol

Paediatric oncology nursing education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol

An Expert Evaluation of Oncology Website Resources for Use in Pediatric Oncology Clinical Nursing Education in Low-Resource Settings

Quality of life and family functioning soon after paediatric brain tumour diagnosis: A cross-sectional observational study

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