Nonspecialty Nurse Education: Evaluation of the Oncology Intensives Initiative, an Oncology Curriculum to Improve Patient Care

Kimberly A. Bagley, DNP, RN, AGPCNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CCRN; Sarah E. Dunn, MSN, RN, AGNP-C; Eliseu Y. Chuang, MD; Victoria J. Dorr, MD; Julie A. Thompson, PhD; Sophia K. Smith, PhD, MSW
CJON
10.1188/18.CJON.E44-E51

Description

Background: A community hospital combined its medical and surgical patients with cancer on one unit, which resulted in nurses not trained in oncology caring for this patient population.

Objectives: The Oncology Intensives Initiative (ONCii) involved the (a) design and implementation of a daylong didactic boot camp class and a four-hour simulation session and (b) the examination of nurses’ worries, attitudes, self-efficacy, and perception of interdisciplinary teamwork.

Methods: A two-group, pre-/post-test design was implemented. Group 1 consisted of nurses who attended the didactic boot camp classes alone, whereas group 2 was comprised of nurses who attended the didactic boot camp classes and the simulation sessions.

Findings: Results of data analysis showed a decrease in worries and an increase in positive attitudes toward chemotherapy administration in both groups, as well as an increase in self-efficacy among members of group 2.

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