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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Main Author: Suzanne So-Shan Mak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.apjon.org/article.asp?issn=2347-5625;year=2019;volume=6;issue=1;spage=10;epage=16;aulast=Mak
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spelling 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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author Suzanne So-Shan Mak
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Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
Advanced role
advanced training
development
nursing practice
nursing role
nursing
oncology
author_facet Suzanne So-Shan Mak
author_sort Suzanne So-Shan Mak
title Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years
title_short Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years
title_full Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years
title_fullStr Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years
title_full_unstemmed Oncology Nursing in Hong Kong: Milestones over the Past 20 Years
title_sort oncology nursing in hong kong: milestones over the past 20 years
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
issn 2347-5625
2349-6673
publishDate 2019-01-01
description 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.
topic Advanced role
advanced training
development
nursing practice
nursing role
nursing
oncology
url http://www.apjon.org/article.asp?issn=2347-5625;year=2019;volume=6;issue=1;spage=10;epage=16;aulast=Mak
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