Exploring the Boundries of Oncological Nursing Practice

Chapter 15: Exploring the Boundaries of Oncological Nursing Practice 

Overview:

• Provides a critical overview of health care in 1990
• Lists the reforms and the reform agenda that are occurring in Australia today
• Includes a table and information on the emerging health system in the US
• Outlines and explains ways nurses can together lead the way to solve problems and create the future
• Explanation of advanced practice roles (nurse-doctor partnerships)
• A table of tenets of an assertive philosophy for the competent nurse is provided
• Lists and describes a multitude of justified and explained opportunities and possibilities for oncology nurse in the present and future

Description:

This chapter critically evaluates the heath care system and the nurses role within this system. It lists the movements that are being created for a better future and offers a range of opportunities and suggestions for nurses who wish to create a better future, which this author believes is primarily in the hands of nurses today.

Topics:

• Health care in Australia in the 1990s
  • Making better use of available resources
  • Continuing microeconomic reform
  • Encouraging real competition and service innovation in the health market
  • Clarifying management of the system between jurisdictions
• The situation overseas
• A role for nurses?
• Advanced Practice Nurses
• The competent, assertive nurse
• Opportunities
• References

Speaker / Author:

Maree Cuddihy
Registered Nurse; Registered Midwife; Bachelor of Nursing; Graduate Certificate Oncology Nursing, Marsden; Graduate Diploma of Advanced Nursing (Administration), La Trobe University; Master of Business, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Member of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia; Fellow of the Williamson Community Leadership Program Quality Coordinator, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne.

Maree has spent most of her life working with people with cancer. She has experience in most areas of nursing including rural health care, clinical practice, nursing education, nursing administration and now quality improvement. She is enthusiastic about the future of nursing.

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