TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovations in cancer nursing education across Europe
AU - McInally, Wendy
AU - Taylor, Vanessa
AU - Diez de los Rios, Celia
AU - Sulosaari, Virpi
AU - Dowling, Maura
AU - Trigoso, Eugenia
AU - Rodrigues Gomes, Sara Margarida
AU - Cesario Dias Ycn, Ana Rita
AU - Piskorjanac, Silvija
AU - Tanay, Mary Anne
AU - Hálfdánardóttir, Halldóra
N1 - Funding Information:
Special thanks to Irena Rollo, Richard G Kelly and Natalia Mclaren.
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - With 2.7 million people in the European Union diagnosed with cancer, 1.3 million people dying from cancer in 2020 and, without intervention, the mortality rates attributed to cancer projected to increase by 24% by 2035, there have been powerful mandates at European level to tackle the burden of cancer across Europe and at national level ( European Commission, 2021a , European Commission, 2021b ). Nurses play an important role caring for people affected by cancer as members of multi-disciplinary teams and playing a pivotal role in delivering, leading, developing cancer care and services at clinical and strategic levels ( Mitema et al., 2019 ; European Oncology Nursing Society, 2022 ). However, nursing and cancer care face challenges arising from workforce shortages, under-investment in services, variable education opportunities and under representation in decision-making. In response, Drury et al., 2023 set out an agenda for innovation and disruption across education, policy, research, profession and practice to ensure the sustainability of cancer care services and care for people living with, and after cancer. These authors argue for partnership, exchange of learning and co-design for the continued advancement of cancer nursing, with a critical focus on identifying and addressing inequities in role recognition and access to specialist cancer nursing education throughout Europe.
AB - With 2.7 million people in the European Union diagnosed with cancer, 1.3 million people dying from cancer in 2020 and, without intervention, the mortality rates attributed to cancer projected to increase by 24% by 2035, there have been powerful mandates at European level to tackle the burden of cancer across Europe and at national level ( European Commission, 2021a , European Commission, 2021b ). Nurses play an important role caring for people affected by cancer as members of multi-disciplinary teams and playing a pivotal role in delivering, leading, developing cancer care and services at clinical and strategic levels ( Mitema et al., 2019 ; European Oncology Nursing Society, 2022 ). However, nursing and cancer care face challenges arising from workforce shortages, under-investment in services, variable education opportunities and under representation in decision-making. In response, Drury et al., 2023 set out an agenda for innovation and disruption across education, policy, research, profession and practice to ensure the sustainability of cancer care services and care for people living with, and after cancer. These authors argue for partnership, exchange of learning and co-design for the continued advancement of cancer nursing, with a critical focus on identifying and addressing inequities in role recognition and access to specialist cancer nursing education throughout Europe.
KW - Cancer
KW - Education
KW - Europe
KW - Nursing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85151476582&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102305
DO - 10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102305
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 37003896
AN - SCOPUS:85151476582
SN - 1462-3889
VL - 63
JO - European Journal of Oncology Nursing
JF - European Journal of Oncology Nursing
M1 - 102305
ER -
