The Cancer Nurses College have the following resources available for members:
On this page
Anal Cancer Support Services
For sharing with patient groups, as appropriate. A support resource for patients.
www.analcancer.co.nz
Consultations
There are no CNC Consultations currently underway. Please refer to the NZNO Consultations page to find any of interest.
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Cure our Ovarian Cancer resources
Cure Our Ovarian Cancer have two programmes available for women with ovarian cancer.
- Online support groups (facilitated by an experienced counselor)
- TimeOut holiday home accommodation (TimeOut offers free stays in holiday homes and COOC offers an additional $200 grant to be used as the recipient sees fit - the only condition is that they are accepted through TimeOut).
They'd love for any woman who is interested to be able to access these programmes so please pass this information onto your patients and colleagues who would benefit from it.
Read more about these resources in the letter from Cure our Ovarian Cancer.
Mesothelioma Website
Approximately 3,000 individuals receive a mesothelioma diagnosis each year in the United States alone -- 2,500 of those victims lose their lives to the disease. Globally, over 43,000 people die from mesothelioma each year.
Mesothelioma.net provides:
- The very best in treatment information,
- 24/7 online support,
- Financial aid, and much more.
They are also 'Health On the Net' certified as a trustworthy site for health information (HONcode Badge located bottom right of site), and are periodically reviewed by medical professionals.
Lastly, they proudly sponsor:
- The American Cancer Society,
- the MD Cancer Center, and
- the Make a Wish Foundation.
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Publications
The Cancer Nurses College NZ Nurses Organisation (NZNO) have produced a position statement to guide cancer nurses nationally in the safe handling of monoclonal antibody drugs (MAB’s). Monoclonal antibody drugs have historically been considered a subcategory of antineoplastic drugs and due to a paucity of evidence, handled with the same precautions. Evidence now suggests this may not be necessary due to the structure of these drugs. Although MAB’s are not considered as hazardous as conventional chemotherapy, nurses can be subjected to low level exposure over time and therefore specific precautions have been recommended.
We would like to draw your attention to the position statement (see link below) and encourage you to disseminate widely. Whilst the position statement is specific to cancer nursing it is recognised that monoclonal antibodies are administered in other areas of health care and nurses in these areas may also find this a useful guide.
Download or print: Position Statement on Safe Handling of Monoclonal Antibody Drugs (MAB's)
Please do not hesitate to contact the college if you have any questions at cancernursesnz@gmail.com.
The Knowledge and Skills Framework for Cancer Nurses (KSFCN)
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the NZ Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Cancer Nurses College (CNC) committee would like to provide you with a copy of the Knowledge and Skills Framework for Cancer Nurses (KSFCN).
Following a national consultation process, the final draft of the KSFCN was rigorously reviewed and subsequently approved and endorsed for implementation by the National Nursing Consortium in November 2014.
Cancer is the leading cause of death in NZ and as such requires the nurse to have the necessary education and tools to enable them to care for people with cancer across the health continuum in a number of settings. The KSFCN was developed with MoH support by cancer nurses for cancer nurses. The KSFCN is intended to complement your current professional development framework(s) as a tool to assist nurses working across the cancer care continuum to identify the specific knowledge and skills required to support their personal and professional development as generalist nurses caring for people with cancer and/or nurses who wish to specialise in cancer nursing. The NZNO CNC committee encourages you to utilise the framework with a view to enhancing nurse’s learning and cancer patient outcomes.
As part of the committee’s commitment to continuous quality improvement in cancer nursing, the KSFCN will be reviewed in January 2016 to assess the applicability and usefulness of the framework in practice. You will be invited to participate in the 2016 national review of the KSFCN.
Click to download/view: The Knowledge and Skills Framework for Cancer Nurses
If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me or any member of the reference group listed in the Appendix.
For further details please contact us at cancernursesnz@gmail.com
Analysis of the availability of cancer medicines in Aotearoa
On 29 April, Te Aho o Te Kahu, Cancer Control Agency released their analysis of cancer medicine availability in NZ Aotearoa - Understanding the Gap: an analysis of the availability of cancer medicines in Aotearoa. This report analyses what cancer medicines are publicly funded in Australia compared to Aotearoa.
Cancer medicines – whether curative or life prolonging – are a critical part of cancer care. Better cancer outcomes are more likely to be achieved when there is equitable access to effective medicines.
Increasingly, concerns have been raised about the availability of certain cancer medicines in Aotearoa compared with their availability in similar countries. It is these concerns that have motivated us to publish this report. We wanted to understand more about the gaps in cancer medicines, to inform our work and the advice we give to Government.
Along with informing cancer policy decisions - most importantly - we want this analysis to benefit those living with cancer and their whānau.
I would like to acknowledge the Te Aho o Te Kahu team, led by Dr Nisha Nair, who worked so hard on this analysis and the many members of our advisory groups who, along with local and international experts, have generously provided their knowledge and insights. This valuable piece of work could not have been completed to such a high standard without you.
If you have any queries or comments in relation to the report please contact nisha.nair@teaho.govt.nz.
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Previous conference presentations
Cancer Nurses College Conference 2017
Oncology & Haematology Conference 2015 - Raising the Profile
Conference presentations and video clips:
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