Principles and Practice of Cancer Care

NURS9346C Principles and Practice of Cancer Care - Level 6 20 Variable teaching patterns Undergraduate Cont Education/Prof Developmen Laura McNab Unit coordinator Nursing & Midwifery 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. Indeed, 1 in 2 people will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point during their lifetimes. There are around 367,000 new cancer cases in the UK every year, that's around 1,000 every day (2015-2017). In females in the UK, there were more than 179,000 new cancer cases in 2017. In males in the UK, there were around 187,000 new cancer cases in 2017 (Cancer Research UK, 2021).It is widely appreciated that cancer often evokes feelings of fear and dread, giving rise to a complex range of physical, psychological, and psychosocial problems. There is growing recognition that individuals in receipt of a cancer diagnosis need specialist nursing support when adjusting to their diagnosis and accepting subsequent treatments. It is acknowledged that cancer nurses with appropriate training and expertise should be integral members of all MDT’s. During the course, you will be given the opportunity to develop, extend and integrate your existing knowledge and skills in relation to the delivery of care to this client group.The unit will enable you to explore a range of issues affecting the organization and delivery of person-centred cancer care across institutional and community settings, enhancing your knowledge and skills in relation to the facilitation of the therapeutic frame within cancer nursing care, multidisciplinary team working, holistic symptom management and effective communication with patients and families living with a cancer diagnosis. Current treatment options and research will be discussed alongside broader concepts such as assessment, personalised-care, quality of life issues and supportive care. The unit is designed to enable students to advance their knowledge and understanding in relation to caring for individuals living with cancer and their families and to critically consider the impact of contemporary health care systems on cancer care.  The unit follows four themes pertinent to cancer care, namely: understanding cancer; supportive and palliative care; professional issues; and, organisational issues.Understanding cancer<ul> <li>Aetiology and epidemiology of cancer</li> <li>Classification of tumours and metastatic spread</li> <li>Treatment modalities</li> <li>Principles of safe practice when caring for patients undergoing cancer treatment</li> <li>Management of side effects arising from treatment</li> <li>Role of screening, health promotion</li> <li>Emergencies in cancer and principles of their management</li></ul>Supportive and palliative care<ul> <li>Physical, psychological and spiritual and social impact of cancer on the patient and family</li> <li>The cancer journey and cancer survivorship.</li> <li>Teamwork in relation to cancer rehabilitation</li> <li>Concepts of supportive and palliative care</li> <li>Pain and symptom management</li> <li>Interpersonal skills development</li> <li>Principles of nutrition in cancer care</li> <li>Bereavement, grief and loss</li> <li>Support services for the patient and family</li> <li>The role of complementary therapies</li></ul>Professional issues<ul> <li>Ethical and legal issues in relation to professional cancer practice</li> <li>Evidence based practice</li> <li>Reflective practice</li></ul>Organizational issues<ul> <li>Current key policies and their impact on cancer care delivery and service development</li> <li>Models of care delivery in cancer, supportive and palliative care</li></ul> <ul> <li>To develop the student’s understanding of the physical, psychological, spiritual and social impact of cancer on the patient and family</li> <li>To increase awareness of the different ways in which the patient and family can be supported through the various stages of the cancer journey</li> <li>To develop analytic and reflective skills, in order to improve clinical decision-making and enhance patient outcomes</li></ul> <ul> <li> Critically analyse and evaluate the impact of cancer and its treatment on the patient and family.</li> <li> Critically analyse and evaluate different models of cancer care delivery and consider their impact on the patient and family.</li></ul> <ul> <li> Critically evaluate research in order to provide evidence-based care within the context of your own professional cancer practice.</li> <li> Critically examine how legal, ethical, political and professional frameworks influence professional practice in the cancer setting.</li> <li> Critically analyse the concepts of supportive and palliative care.</li></ul><div>  </div> <ul> <li>Use evidence-based care to promote and provide safe practice when caring for patients undergoing cancer treatment.</li> <li>Devise strategies to provide supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer and their families.</li> <li>Communicate developments in practice to the multidisciplinary team.</li></ul> <ul><li>Reflect on your own knowledge and skills in the provision of cancer care and critically consider ways to facilitate their improvement.</li><li>By critically analysing and evaluating evidence, identify how effective cancer care can be promoted.</li><li>Exercise responsibility for personal learning.                                                      </li></ul><div> </div> 2 Written assignment (inc essay) 100% Students will normally have the opportunity to receive feedback on formative work submitted prior to the summative assessment. Other feedback opportunities will also be available in class and online discussion boards. Online feedback is provided in Grademark. Provisional feedback based on internal marking will be made available prior to the Exam Board on the basis that these marks are yet to be ratified at the Exam Board and therefore may be subject to change. A standard feedback mechanism in Grademark is utilised across all postgraduate programmes within the School which provides detailed and constructive feedback on each component and aspect of assessment and identifies areas of strength and those aspects which could be enhanced.Student feedback is obtained through open discussion forums on blackboard, in class discussions, via formal University unit evaluation forms and also qualitative, in house evaluations at the end of the unit.  BSc(Hons) Midwifery Practice BSc(Hons) Midwifery Practice First Year Optional BSc(Hons) Midwifery Practice BSc (Hons) MP (NonSLA) First Year Optional BSc(Hons) Nursing Practice BSc(Hons) Nursing Practice First Year Optional BSc(Hons) Nursing Practice BSc Nursing Practice (NonSLA) First Year Optional CPD Stand Alone Units CPD Stand Alone Units First Year Optional CPD Stand Alone Units CPD SA (NonSLA) First Year Optional N <a href="http://www.readinglists.manchester.ac.uk/lists/ACF8B401-ADB7-D1CB-9BFF-60EAE9B63183.html">http://www.readinglists.manchester.ac.uk/lists/ACF8B401-ADB7-D1CB-9BFF-60EAE9B63183.html</a> Lectures 42 Tutorials 2 0 156