Providing the best possible care for people living longer with or beyond cancer
Cancer nurses and nursing specialists continually have to develop their knowledge around enabling better support for people experiencing late effects of cancer treatments or symptoms associated with the cancer itself. Our articles Nutritional management in mesothelioma: qualitative insights into healthcare professionals’ perceptions and experiences, and Role of cancer nurses in preventive interventions for cardiovascular effects induced by cancer treatment, highlight the skills, training and resources healthcare staff need
Advice for cancer nurses on nutritional management in mesothelioma and their role in preventive interventions for cardiovascular effects induced by cancer treatment
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‘With more people living longer with or beyond cancer, increasingly nurses are having to develop their knowledge around enabling better support for people experiencing late effects of cancer treatments or symptoms associated with the cancer itself’
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With more people living longer with or beyond cancer, increasingly nurses are having to develop their knowledge around enabling better support for people experiencing late effects of cancer treatments or symptoms associated with the cancer itself.
For example, nutritional issues are common in patients with mesothelioma. Our clinical article, Nutritional management in mesothelioma: qualitative insights into healthcare professionals’ perceptions and experiences, states that despite the known links between malnutrition and adverse patient outcomes, nutrition support for people with cancer is inconsistent.
Cancer nurses’ role in preventive interventions for cardiovascular events
The article highlights the need for consistent implementation of existing guidelines on nutrition in cancer and on screening adults for malnutrition. It also calls for specific training, multidisciplinary input and better availability of resources to help cancer nurse specialists with providing optimal nutrition management for people with mesothelioma.
Similarly, our CPD article, Role of cancer nurses in preventive interventions for cardiovascular effects induced by cancer treatment, outlines the cardiovascular and metabolic effects that can be induced by cancer treatment, and explains the important role of cancer nurses in risk assessment, monitoring and secondary prevention of these effects.
It aims to help nurses familiarise themselves with common late effects associated with many cancer therapies, such as endothelial damage and metabolic changes.
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