Filipe Carvalho, Joanna Stone, Gema Munoz-Mozas, Catia Mendes, Sarah Thompson, Philippa Jupp, Laura Appadu, Laura Collantes, Michaela Odlin, Paula Dallimore, James Tighe, Jorn Rixen-Osterbo, Nuala McLaren, Rebecca Martin
The establishment of advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs) has expanded considerably in recent years and shown to result in substantial contributions to numerous fields of health care. Due to advancements in treatments and innovations in medicine, patients with cancer are living longer, requiring a multifactorial holistic approach in which ANPs, due to their skills and knowledge, can be best utilised, as they are able to provide the expert care required at various stages of the patient journey. This article explores scopes of practice from ANPs working with oncology patients in a tertiary cancer centre, making explicit their roles, in addition to highlighting experienced challenges and future directions of care...
November 24, 2022: British Journal of Nursing: BJN