Abstract
Nurses in all aspects of oncology have a key role to play in the delivery of effective cancer care. Unfortunately, oncology nursing is not yet an established nursing subspecialty in most of Africa; six out of 22 African countries reported as having no trained oncology nurses at all. The need for more personnel and quality training programmes are an absolute necessity.
Highlights
Nurses in every country, including those in Africa, form the majority of the healthcare workforce
The implementation of the recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network Harmonised GuidelinesTM for sub-Saharan Africa [4] provide a huge opportunity for nursing leadership, in particular the guidelines for pain and palliative care [5]
We know that lack of specialised oncology education is the major barrier to effective patient care [15]
Summary
Nurses in every country, including those in Africa, form the majority of the healthcare workforce. The implementation of the recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network Harmonised GuidelinesTM for sub-Saharan Africa [4] provide a huge opportunity for nursing leadership, in particular the guidelines for pain and palliative care [5]. Oncology and palliative care nurses are already showing great leadership skills in tackling the treatment pathway to improve patient care in Africa [6, 7].
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