NUR2229 W2 – Oncology 2025/2026
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Nursing contribution to cancer control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nurses are required to
work collaboratively with the person affected by cancer to address their health
needs. At all stages of life and at several points across the cancer continuum,
people affected by cancer will require services from nurses in generalist settings
such as general practice, diagnostic services and general medical/surgical services.
specialist cancer nurses work in dedicated cancer services and may be primarily
responsible for care of people at a specific phase of their journey (e.g.
radiotherapy), or across all phases of the cancer journey (e.g. specialist breast
nursing). Others may work in a broader context but provide a specialist resource in
cancer control to a range of generalist providers (e.g. a Cancer Nurse Coordinator).
Multidisciplinary care (MD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔is the forefront concept in
providing exemplary cancer care. Providing the best practice in terms of treatment
planning and care for cancer patients.
,- A focus on continuity of care,
- Development of pathways and protocols for treatment and care,
- Development of appropriate referral networks, including appropriate referral
pathways to meet psychosocial needs,
- Development of multidisciplinary team meeting audit mechanisms, and
- Consumers/patients who consent to their case being discussed by the
multidisciplinary team and who understand the process, know that they will be
informed about the treatment and care recommendations and will be involved in
decision-making.
What are the benefits of MD team - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Improved treatment
planning through consideration of a full therapeutic range and thus improved
outcomes,
Improved team communication,
- Survival benefit,
Increased recruitment into clinical trials,
Detection of emotional needs of patients,
Reduction in minor psychological morbidity of team members,
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, Reduction in service duplication, improved coordination of services and
development of clear lines of responsibility, and
Improved sharing of incidental information and informal information sharing prior
to and after meetings (Victorian Government Cancer Plan 2020).
MD cancer care meeting - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- A multidisciplinary care meeting is a
deliberate face-to-face (or video-conferenced) meeting involving a range of health
professionals having expertise in the diagnosis and management of cancer.
- This facilitates best practice management of all patients with cancer.
- Regular meetings are essential, it allows for the most appropriate care plan to be
developed.
- Allows for improved communication, education and cooperation and the health
service benefits through streamlined referrals. The patient benefits through
knowing that their treatment providers are working together as a team.
What are the different types of cancer treatments - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- surgery
- radiation
- chemotherapy
- targeted therapy (EG: Herceptin).
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Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
New Update
Nursing contribution to cancer control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Nurses are required to
work collaboratively with the person affected by cancer to address their health
needs. At all stages of life and at several points across the cancer continuum,
people affected by cancer will require services from nurses in generalist settings
such as general practice, diagnostic services and general medical/surgical services.
specialist cancer nurses work in dedicated cancer services and may be primarily
responsible for care of people at a specific phase of their journey (e.g.
radiotherapy), or across all phases of the cancer journey (e.g. specialist breast
nursing). Others may work in a broader context but provide a specialist resource in
cancer control to a range of generalist providers (e.g. a Cancer Nurse Coordinator).
Multidisciplinary care (MD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔is the forefront concept in
providing exemplary cancer care. Providing the best practice in terms of treatment
planning and care for cancer patients.
,- A focus on continuity of care,
- Development of pathways and protocols for treatment and care,
- Development of appropriate referral networks, including appropriate referral
pathways to meet psychosocial needs,
- Development of multidisciplinary team meeting audit mechanisms, and
- Consumers/patients who consent to their case being discussed by the
multidisciplinary team and who understand the process, know that they will be
informed about the treatment and care recommendations and will be involved in
decision-making.
What are the benefits of MD team - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Improved treatment
planning through consideration of a full therapeutic range and thus improved
outcomes,
Improved team communication,
- Survival benefit,
Increased recruitment into clinical trials,
Detection of emotional needs of patients,
Reduction in minor psychological morbidity of team members,
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, Reduction in service duplication, improved coordination of services and
development of clear lines of responsibility, and
Improved sharing of incidental information and informal information sharing prior
to and after meetings (Victorian Government Cancer Plan 2020).
MD cancer care meeting - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- A multidisciplinary care meeting is a
deliberate face-to-face (or video-conferenced) meeting involving a range of health
professionals having expertise in the diagnosis and management of cancer.
- This facilitates best practice management of all patients with cancer.
- Regular meetings are essential, it allows for the most appropriate care plan to be
developed.
- Allows for improved communication, education and cooperation and the health
service benefits through streamlined referrals. The patient benefits through
knowing that their treatment providers are working together as a team.
What are the different types of cancer treatments - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- surgery
- radiation
- chemotherapy
- targeted therapy (EG: Herceptin).
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