Nurse Key

25 Transferable skills for future placements Chapter aims • To reflect on core nursing skills • To understand how to transfer skills and learning to other clinical areas • To…

15 Managing symptoms assess, plan, implement and evaluate Chapter aims • To introduce the principles of assessment • To introduce the principles of planning care • To introduce the principles…

6 Beginning the learning experience Chapter aims • Understanding how to prepare for the placement • Knowing what to expect in the first week • How to map one’s own…

4 How cancer is diagnosed and the impact of diagnosis Chapter aims • To understand how cancer is investigated • To understand how cancers are classified and staged • To…

16 Caring for patients at the end of life Chapter aims • To define end of life care • To introduce the best practice tools used in end of life…

3 How the cancer situation can be improved Chapter aims • To understand how to prevent cancer developing • To identify how survival rates can be improved • To explore…

22 Advancing disease Case update It is 8 months since Michelle received her last treatment and was discharged from the oncology ward. After resting for 2 months, Michelle returned to…

5 Principles of palliative care nursing Chapter aims • To explore the historical developments of palliative care • To explain the meaning of palliative care • To understand the core…

21 Receiving treatment Case update Two weeks after diagnosis, Michelle undergoes a left mastectomy. During the surgery, a sentinel node biopsy is taken to see if the cancer has spread…