Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years
The article reviews the development of oncology nurses' role, training, education, practice, and service provision in Hong Kong, highlighting milestones over the past two decades and providing directions for future training, practice, and research. There was an expansion of the diversity of rol...
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doaj-7fbf056756004eaf9ece34087dbc8ceb2020-11-24T21:52:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAsia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing2347-56252349-66732019-01-0161101610.4103/apjon.apjon_46_18Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 YearsSuzanne So-Shan MakThe article reviews the development of oncology nurses' role, training, education, practice, and service provision in Hong Kong, highlighting milestones over the past two decades and providing directions for future training, practice, and research. There was an expansion of the diversity of roles and practice from the 2000s onward, reflecting the importance of contribution by nurses to clinical practice and service for cancer patients. These areas include advanced roles and competence development, advanced training, service delivery model, cross-cluster collaboration, quality improvement initiatives, and new nurse clinic model. Recognizing the challenges and the opportunities, it helps to identify the future work with newer and more advanced practice foci as well as training initiatives in advanced practice being developed to meet the increased needs of increasing service load and populations in need of ongoing access to oncology care. The role and the continuous efforts of the clinical, academic, and professional bodies to meet this goal will be crucial and strategic in the future.http://www.apjon.org/article.asp?issn=2347-5625;year=2019;volume=6;issue=1;spage=10;epage=16;aulast=MakAdvanced roleadvanced trainingdevelopmentnursing practicenursing rolenursingoncology |
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Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years |
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Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years |
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Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years |
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Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years |
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Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years |
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oncology nursing in hong kong: milestones over the past 20 years |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing |
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2347-5625 2349-6673 |
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2019-01-01 |
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The article reviews the development of oncology nurses' role, training, education, practice, and service provision in Hong Kong, highlighting milestones over the past two decades and providing directions for future training, practice, and research. There was an expansion of the diversity of roles and practice from the 2000s onward, reflecting the importance of contribution by nurses to clinical practice and service for cancer patients. These areas include advanced roles and competence development, advanced training, service delivery model, cross-cluster collaboration, quality improvement initiatives, and new nurse clinic model. Recognizing the challenges and the opportunities, it helps to identify the future work with newer and more advanced practice foci as well as training initiatives in advanced practice being developed to meet the increased needs of increasing service load and populations in need of ongoing access to oncology care. The role and the continuous efforts of the clinical, academic, and professional bodies to meet this goal will be crucial and strategic in the future. |
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Advanced role advanced training development nursing practice nursing role nursing oncology |
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