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Evaluation of the novice registered nurse in developing capability in the clinical setting of oncology.
- Source :
- Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing; May2021, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p17-22, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The oncology nurse role is wide-ranging. It involves complex patient assessment, caring for the neutropaenic septic patient, community cancer prevention and detection strategies, patient education, supportive care, and symptom management1. Within this specialised field, and as part of continuing professional development (CPD), the registered nurse (RN) is required to undertake practical assessments, or clinical competencies, to demonstrate competence in practice. The senior oncology nurse is required to allocate staff and workload. Anecdotally, it is difficult to determine which nurse is capable of caring for which patient(s) based on clinical competencies alone2,3. To help understand the decision-making process, this qualitative interpretive description study sought to explore how mentors of novice RNs evaluated capability in the oncology clinical practice through semi-structured interviews. Findings were framed and evolved, resulting in five categories of: evaluation; characteristics of capability; competency versus capability; postgraduate studies and their impact; and barriers to evaluation and capability building. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ONCOLOGY nursing
OCCUPATIONAL roles
HUMAN research subjects
RESEARCH methodology
PROFESSIONAL employee training
INTERVIEWING
ENTRY level employees
QUALITATIVE research
CONCEPTUAL structures
CANCER patients
INFORMED consent (Medical law)
CLINICAL competence
NURSES
HOSPITAL wards
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
JUDGMENT sampling
ONCOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14412551
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150419129
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.33235/ajcn.22.1.17-22