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Implementation and evaluation of a pilot education programme in colorectal cancer management for nurses in Scotland
  Summary This paper describes the results of an evaluation of a nursing education programme for nurses caring for patients with colorectal cancer. A sample of 67 registered nurses from 6 location sites within the 3 Regional Cancer Networks in Scotland were recruited to the pilot. The programme was adapted from an evidence-based education manual for nurses in the management of colorectal cancer developed by the European Oncology Nursing Society as part of a Nursing in Colorectal Cancer Initiative (NICCI) [Hawthorn, J., Redmond, K., 1999. A Guide to Colorectal Cancer. AstraZeneca Oncology, UK]. The format for evaluating the programme was based on the {TELER} method of treatment evaluation [Le Roux, A.A., 1995. TELER: the concept. Physiotherapy 79 (11), 755–758] that had previously been developed along side the training manual [Grocott, P., Richardson, A., Ambaum, B., Kearney, N., Redmond, K, 2001a. Nursing in colorectal cancer initiative – the audit phase. Part 1. Development of the audit tool. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 5 (2), 100–111; Grocott, P., Richardson, A., Ambaum, B., Kearney, N., Redmond, K., 2001b. Nursing in colorectal cancer initiative: the audit phase. Part 2. Content validity of the audit tool and implications of the standards set for clinical practice. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 5 (3), 165–173] for cytotoxic chemotherapy to provide the {NICCI} Audit Tool [Le Roux, A.A., 2003. The {TELER} Handbook. Sheffield, {TELER} Ltd.]. This model was developed further in the current study to include the domains of: Disease, Diagnosis and Staging, Treatment, Nursing Issues and General Issues. Data were analysed descriptively and are discussed. Overall the results from this study demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in disease-related knowledge (p =

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    31 January 2008

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • DOI:

    10.1016/j.nedt.2007.02.002

  • Cross Ref:

    S0260691707000226

  • ISSN:

    0260-6917

  • Library of Congress:

    RT Nursing

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    610.7 Medical education, research & nursing

Citation

Knowles, G., Hutchison, C., Smith, G., Philp, I. D., McCormick, K., & Preston, E. (2008). Implementation and evaluation of a pilot education programme in colorectal cancer management for nurses in Scotland. Nurse Education Today, 28(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2007.02.002

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Keywords

Nurse education, Cancer, Colorectal cancer, Evaluation, Clinical outcomes,

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