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- Title
Identifying and meeting survivorship needs.
- Authors
Shewbridge, Amanda; Nordlund, Jannike; Finnegan-John, Jennifer; Moore, Jaqualyn; Bloomfield, Jacqueline; Ream, Emma; Ames, Jo
- Abstract
This article reports on the development and delivery of a nurse-led end of treatment consultation clinic for women who have completed treatment for early breast cancer. Women are invited to attend a 45-minute consultation with an experienced cancer nurse. They are asked to complete a holistic needs assessment before their appointment. The consultation focuses on ongoing physical and psychosocial concerns, plans for follow-up care and surveillance, lifestyle advice and optional survivorship programmes. A care plan is developed that is shared with the patient and her GP. An evaluation of the clinic has been undertaken and this article reports the findings of the clinic observations and the audit of 124 care plans to ascertain main topics discussed and ongoing referrals made.
- Subjects
AUDITING; BREAST tumors; ONCOLOGY nursing; CANCER patients; PATIENT aftercare; MEDICAL referrals; NEEDS assessment; NURSE practitioners; NURSING care plans; NURSING consultants; NURSING specialties; SCIENTIFIC observation; QUALITY assurance; SELF-evaluation; HUMAN services programs; PATIENT-centered care; EVALUATION of human services programs
- Publication
Cancer Nursing Practice, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 6, p28
- ISSN
1475-4266
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7748/cnp.13.6.28.e1112