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Building Career Pathways for Cancer Nurses: Ensuring Cancer Nursing's Future
Gemma McErlean1, Catherine Paterson2, Carla Thamm3
1School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Centre for Research in Nursing and Health, St George Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Objectives:
It is well established that cancer nurses and advanced practice nurses (APN) are critical to the delivery of high-quality, accessible, safe, and affordable cancer care globally. Specialized cancer nurses and APNs with a strong foundation in the pillars of nursing practice (clinical, leadership, education, and research) are essential to optimize patient outcomes, create increased cost-efficiencies through innovative models of care delivery, and can further leverage interprofessional collaboration in cancer care. To address the existing shortcomings in cancer control, Australian cancer nurses, including APNs, and cancer nurses and APNs globally, need an evidence-informed consensus drive framework to harmonize clinical, educational and career pathways leading to specialization, advanced practice, promotion, and equitable and accessible education.
Methods:
Critical perspective.
Results:
Scoping work has begun to build on the 2009 seminal Australian EdCaN framework, with ambitions to develop a contemporary practice and career framework for all cancer nurses which details clear pathways to specialized and APN roles inclusive of navigating to and through direct clinical care, research, academia, education, and management or executive leadership.
Conclusions:
A revised framework that is cognizant of the changing landscape of contemporary cancer care, and the growing diversity of nursing roles is needed to address the imminent nursing workforce crisis.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
The revised framework may support the implementation of the newly released Australian Cancer Plan and provide a career pathway model that may be adopted internationally, including in low- and middle-income countries.
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