Abstract
Professional nursing in general and oncology nursing in particular underwent significant changes and a distinct paradigm shift in oncology nursing education and practice in the 30 year period of time (1991 to 2020), which promoted the advancement of oncology nursing. This historical review and reflection provides lessons for contemporary clinical cancer nurses, researchers, policy makers and educators to approach the nursing issues, necessity of cooperation/ collaboration and maintaining the passion for increasingly complex nursing specialty.
Highlights
The history of cancer treatment in Nepal is very short
Bir Hospital is the first center in Nepal which served as a central institution for cancer treatment until other cancer centers were established in the country
Institutions realized the need for training for those who were working in a palliative setting, thereafter, they were sent for palliative care training aboard mainly in India, Canada, and the United Kingdom but the number of nurses were very few
Summary
The history of cancer treatment in Nepal is very short. Bir Hospital is the first center in Nepal which served as a central institution for cancer treatment until other cancer centers were established in the country. The new era of cancer treatment with radiotherapy began only in the past three decades when the first telecobalt radiotherapy unit in the country was installed. This was in 1991 in the Bir Hospital in cooperation with the Indian government. Many private hospitals started multimodal cancer treatment in the Kathmandu Valley and outside the valley from east to west of the country.[1]. Annual report of cancer hospitals, nursing history literature, archival materials in the library of the cancer hospital, journals and personal communication
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