Patient education in oncology: Training project for nurses of the “Regina Elena” National Cancer Institute of Rome (Italy)
•The patient education (PE) aims to make the patient and caregivers acquire or maintain the ability to self-manage symptoms and take therapies, adapting to the chronic condition in which the patient finds himself and learning to cope with unforeseen situations.•The nurse plays a predominant role in...
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| Published in: | Teaching and learning in nursing Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. e13 - e18 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Inc
01-07-2023
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| Summary: | •The patient education (PE) aims to make the patient and caregivers acquire or maintain the ability to self-manage symptoms and take therapies, adapting to the chronic condition in which the patient finds himself and learning to cope with unforeseen situations.•The nurse plays a predominant role in the patient's educational process, so much so that PE is considered a fundamental component of nursing.•The training course created and aimed at oncology nurses represents a starting point for implementing PE for different target patients and with different training objectives: individual pathologies, lifestyles, and therapy control.•The interactive teaching methodology used during the course favored learning according to a training model designed for the adult subject.•An important aspect of this project was to raise awareness of PE among the nurses operating in the oncology field to support the self-efficacy, self-care, and self-management skills of the patient and his caregiver.
Patient education (PE) could support cancer patients, allowing them to take an active role in the treatment process. Nurses play a predominant role in the patient's educational process. Therefore, the aim of the project was to train them in PE to provide the essential tools to support the patient's self-efficacy and self-care skills for four of the most common types of problems in oncology: chronic pain, entero-urostomy, tracheostomy, and cancer-related fatigue. A pilot study was conducted at an IRCSS (Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization, and Healthcare) in Rome, during which training sessions in PE were carried out for nurses. The participants were divided into four groups, each of which was assigned one of the four problems examined. The training sessions were evaluated by expressing a degree of satisfaction using a five-point Likert scale. The learning was evaluated by analyzing the didactic material developed and the proposals of the educational projects. A total of 18 nurses were enrolled. The event was defined by the nurses as very satisfactory for the “relevance of the topics,” the “educational quality of the course,” and the “usefulness of the event.” Finally, each group made a proposal for an educational project divided into eight learning units. PE represents a difficult challenge for operators due to the heterogeneity of patients and the different degree of acceptance of the disease. It is essential to experiment with new skills that facilitate the patient's learning and adaptation to the disease. |
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| ISSN: | 1557-3087 1557-2013 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.teln.2023.02.003 |