Abstract
Introduction
Living with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) comes with several challenges for patients and families. Continuing nurse education in cancer care has been linked to advances in patient care, safety, and outcomes. However, specialist knowledge and skills specifcally in RCC varies greatly among the nursing workforce, particularly in Europe. In response to this gap, we have co-designed and co-developed the RCC4Nurses training course that aims to provide free-of-charge, online, evidence-based education to registered nurses in Europe.
Methods
RCC4Nurses is being evaluated for feasibility, fidelity, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy as part of mixed-methods, sequential explanatory study. The course has been developed across consecutive, interlinked research phases, including data from our previous international online survey of patients with advanced RCC (https://cancernurse.eu/research/proms_project/), a literature review, and a Delphi study with experts to reach consensus on priority education topics in this context. Design and content have been the product of patient and public involvement and engagement. The project will aim to involve up to 160 registered nurses across Europe.
Results
Recruitment to the project opened in November 2023. The course comprises four modules. The modules feature case studies, questions, videos and interactive activities, which provide learners opportunities to develop key knowledge and skills in advanced RCC care. All content has been developed in line with clinical guidelines published by ESMO and EAU for metastatic kidney cancer care. Upon completion of post-study questionnaires, participants can claim a certificate of 9 hours of continuing education.
Conclusions
RCC4Nurses will respond to the current recommendation for each person with a cancer diagnosis to be allocated a nurse with specialist, up-to-date training to meet the care demands for the management of their cancer. Our study will establish key functionality parameters and indicate areas for improvement before translations of the course’s content are made available for upscaling.
Living with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) comes with several challenges for patients and families. Continuing nurse education in cancer care has been linked to advances in patient care, safety, and outcomes. However, specialist knowledge and skills specifcally in RCC varies greatly among the nursing workforce, particularly in Europe. In response to this gap, we have co-designed and co-developed the RCC4Nurses training course that aims to provide free-of-charge, online, evidence-based education to registered nurses in Europe.
Methods
RCC4Nurses is being evaluated for feasibility, fidelity, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy as part of mixed-methods, sequential explanatory study. The course has been developed across consecutive, interlinked research phases, including data from our previous international online survey of patients with advanced RCC (https://cancernurse.eu/research/proms_project/), a literature review, and a Delphi study with experts to reach consensus on priority education topics in this context. Design and content have been the product of patient and public involvement and engagement. The project will aim to involve up to 160 registered nurses across Europe.
Results
Recruitment to the project opened in November 2023. The course comprises four modules. The modules feature case studies, questions, videos and interactive activities, which provide learners opportunities to develop key knowledge and skills in advanced RCC care. All content has been developed in line with clinical guidelines published by ESMO and EAU for metastatic kidney cancer care. Upon completion of post-study questionnaires, participants can claim a certificate of 9 hours of continuing education.
Conclusions
RCC4Nurses will respond to the current recommendation for each person with a cancer diagnosis to be allocated a nurse with specialist, up-to-date training to meet the care demands for the management of their cancer. Our study will establish key functionality parameters and indicate areas for improvement before translations of the course’s content are made available for upscaling.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 434 |
| Pages (from-to) | S75-S75 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Supportive Care in Cancer |
| Volume | 32 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Jun 2024 |
