Section Name Description
Module 1: Lesson 1: Cancer Biology URL Normal Cell Growth and Development

Read the entire page. (12 minutes)

Winchester Hospital

URL Difference Between Cancer Cells and Normal Cells

Read sections on 'The Definition of Cancer' and 'Differences between Cancer Cells and Normal Cell'. (3 minutes)

National Cancer Institute

URL Tumor Cell Morphology

Read the table: Characteristics of benign and malignant. (1 minutes)

NCBI

URL Tumors: Benign and Malignant

Read the entire article. (2 minutes)

Winchester Hospital

URL The Genetics of Cancer

Read the entire page. (7 minutes)

NCI, NIH

URL The immune system and cancer

Read the entire section. (3 minutes)

EdCaN

URL Hormones and Cancer in Humans

Read the entire page. (1 minutes)

Edcan

URL Substance abuse and cancer

Read the entire article. (27 minutes)

URL Cellular Principles of Invasion and Metastasis
Read the section on 'Cellular Principles of Invasion and Metastasis'. (2 minutes)
Cancer Council Australia
URL Cancer Invasion and Metastasis: The Role of Cell Adhesion Molecules

Read the sections on 'Cancer Invasion and Metastasis: The Role of Cell Adhesion Molecules'. (39 minutes)

NCBI

URL Cancer Classification

Read the entire page. (4 minutes)

SEER Training Modules, NCI, NIH

URL Cancer Staging and Grading

Read the entire page. Including related resources at the bottom of the page: 'Tumor Grade' and 'Pathology Reports'. (23 minutes)

NCI, NIH

URL How Is Cancer Diagnosed?

Read the entire page. Click the 'Diagnosis' link on this page for more information on how cancer is diagnosed. (10 minutes)

NCI, NIH

URL Cancer Immunology

Read the sections COMPONENTS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM INVOLVED IN ANTITUMOR RESPONSES and CYTOKINES AND THE PATHOGENESIS OF CANCER. (32 minutes)

The Global Library of Women's Medicine

URL Topic: Cancer Biology

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

Module 1: Lesson 2: Cancer Treatment Planning URL What is the TNM cancer staging system?

Read the entire page including the section box titled ' Health Care Professionals'. (4 minutes)

UICC

URL Principles of Treatment planning

Read pages 1-15. (27 minutes)

Edcan

URL What Are Clinical Trials?

Read the entire page. (3 minutes)

NCI, NIH

URL Decision Making Criteria in Oncology

Read the entire page. (25 minutes)

Journal

URL Evidence-Based Guidelines

Read the entire article. (6 minutes)

KT Library

URL Cancer Treatment Planning

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

Module 1: Lesson 3: Surgery in Cancer Treatment URL Factors influencing the use of surgery

Read the entire page except for the 'learning activities'. (3 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Surgery in Cancer Control

Read entire sections on, 'prophylactic surgery', 'diagnostic surgery', 'definitive (or curative) surgery',' rehabilitative (or reconstructive) surgery', 'palliative surgery', except for Learning resources. (8 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL The Types of Surgery

Read all sections: "Diagnostic Surgery", "Preventive Surgery Curative Surgery Palliative", and "Reconstructive Surgery". (9 minutes)

National Cancer Institute US

URL Future Directions in Surgery in Cancer Control

Read the entire page and read other pages. Click on 'Next: Fast track surgery', 'Next: Minimally invasive surgery' and finally 'Next: Robotics' at the bottom of each page and read the contents. (5 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Risks of Cancer Surgery

Read the entire page. (11 minutes)

American Cancer Society

URL Care of the Person Affected by Cancer Having Surgery

Read the entire page and sections on 'Pre-op assessment', 'Pre-op education', 'Intraoperative issues', and 'Post op care' by clicking on the respective titles. Learning activities are optional. (11 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Bowel Changes After Treatment

Read the entire page. (10 minutes)

Cancer Research UK

URL Bladder problems

Read the entire page. (6 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL Surgery in Cancer Treatment- Part 1

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

URL Surgery in Cancer Treatment- Part 2

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

Module 1: Lesson 4: Radiotherapy in Cancer Treatment URL Key Concepts of Radiobiology

Read the entire page except for the 'learning activities'. (3 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL The Radiation Physics

Read the entire page. (8 minutes)

US EPA

URL The Radiation Physics

Read the sections 'Definition/Introduction' and 'Clinical Significance'. (12 minutes)

NCBI, NIH

URL The Role of Radiotherapy in Cancer Control

Read the entire page except for the 'learning activities'. (1 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Treatment Delivery

Read the entire page, click on "Gamma knife", "External beam radiotherapy", "Brachytherapy" and "Combined modality". (10 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Types of Radiation Therapy

Read the section on 'External Beam Radiation Therapy'. (4 minutes)

National Cancer Institure

URL Brachytherapy to Treat Cancer

Read the section 'How Brachytherapy Is Put In Place' and 'Types of Brachytherapy'. (4 minutes)

National Cancer Institute

URL Principles of Radiation Safety

Read the entire article. (4 minutes)

Australian Government Cancer Australia

URL 11.2 Therapy Patients Treated with Radiopharmaceuticals - Nursing Care Specific Instructions

Read the entire article. (4 minutes)

Stanford University

URL What will Radiation Oncology Look Like in 2050? A Look at a Changing Professional Landscape in Europe and Beyond

Read the entire article. (27 minutes)

URL Treatment Completion and Management of Responses to Radiotherapy

Read the entire page except for the 'learning activities'. (2 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Acute Effects

Read entire sections on 'Fatigue', 'Radiation enteritis', 'Radiation skin reactions', 'sexual dysfunction' and 'Mucositis' by clicking on respective section titles. Learning activities are optional. (8 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Late Effects

Read the entire page (learning activities optional. (3 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Planning for the Best: Tripartite National Strategic Plan for Radiation Oncology 2012-2022

Read the entire page. (4 minutes)

Tripartite National Strategic Plan for Radiation Oncology 2012-2022

URL Radiotherapy in Cancer Care: Facing the Global Challenge

Read 1.2. Radiotherapy in the Context of Cancer Control on pages 15-16. (5 minutes)

IAEA

URL Topic: Radiotherapy in Cancer Treatment- Part 1

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

URL Topic: Radiotherapy in Cancer Treatment- Part 2

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

Module 1: Lesson 5: Antineoplastic Agents in Cancer Treatment URL The Classification of Antineoplastic Agents

Read the entire page and click on the five tabs (describing each of the following: Alkylating and alkylating-like agents Antimetabolites, Antitumour antibiotics, Plant alkaloids, Miscellaneous agents, Hormonal agents) at the top and read. (6 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL The Role of Antineoplastic Therapy in Cancer Control

Read the entire page except for the 'learning activities'. (2 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Factors Influencing Agent Selection and Administration

Read the entire page except for the 'learning activities'. (3 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Routes of Administration

Read the entire page except for the 'learning activities'. (1 minute)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Safe Handling and Administration of Antineoplastic Chemotherapy

Read the section on ‘Summary of Methods for Preventing Exposure to Antineoplastic Chemotherapy'. (1 minute)

The Art and Science of Infusion Nursing

URL Recent Developments in Tumor Therapy.

Read Abstract. (1 minute)

Anti Cancer Research Journal

URL Role of Nurses in the Assessment and Management of Chemotherapy-Related Side Effects in Cancer Patients

Read the section from "Side Effects and Their Management " to 'Conclusion'. (24 minutes)

Nova express

URL Responses to Antineoplastic Therapy

Read the entire page and click 'Next' to read the other pages on Anticipatory responses, Immediate responses, Short-term responses, and Long-term responses. (4 minutes)

EdCaN - learning resources for nurses-Cancer Australia

URL Behavioral Strategies to Alleviate Nutrition-Related Symptoms

Read the section from"Behavioral Strategies to Alleviate Nutrition-Related Symptoms to Weight Gain". (12 minutes)

NIH

URL Antineoplastic Agents in Cancer Treatment- Part 1

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

URL Topic: Antineoplastic Agents in Cancer Treatment- Part 2

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

Module 1: Lesson 6: Targeted Therapies in Cancer Treatment URL How Targeted Therapies Are Used to Treat Cancer

Read the entire page. (8 minutes)

American Cancer Society

URL Role of Targeted Therapy

Read the entire page. (2 minutes)

Edcan

URL Palliative treatment

Read the entire page. (1 minute)

Cancer Research UK

URL The Targeted Cancer Therapy

Read the entire page. (15 minutes)

National Cancer Institute

URL The Targeted Therapies

Read the entire page. (6 minutes)

Clinical & Radiation Oncologists

URL Targeted Therapy

Read the entire page. (11 minutes)

Cleveland Clinic

URL How is it determined whether a patient is a candidate for targeted therapy?

Read "How is it determined whether a patient is a candidate for targeted therapy?". (2 minutes)

NCI

URL Factors influencing agent selection and administration

Read the entire page. (3 minutes)

EdCaN

URL Regenerative medicine: Current therapies and future directions

Read the "THERAPIES AT THE PRECLINICAL STAGE AND IN CLINICAL TESTING". (25 minutes)

NCBI

URL Can skin changes be prevented?

Read the entire page. (23 minutes)

American Cancer Society

URL Side Effects of Targeted Therapy

Read "What are the side effects of targeted therapy?". (2 minutes)

NCI

URL Other common and serious side effects

Read the entire page. (23 minutes)

American Cancer Society

URL Side effects of cancer Treatment

Read Diarrhea and Constipation section. (12 minutes)

NCI

URL Cancer in Africa: the way forward

Read "Treat all Cancers that can be treated". (13 minutes)

NCBI

URL What is a Bone Marrow Transplant (Stem Cell Transplant)

Read What is Bone Marrow Transplant, types. (5 minutes)

ASCO

URL Hematopoetic stem cell transplantation

Read " Introduction", "Definition of Histocompatibility", "HLA", and "HLA typing". (13 minutes)

NCBI

URL Targeted Therapies in Cancer Treatment- Part 1

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

URL Topic: Targeted Therapies in Cancer Treatment- Part 2

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

Module 1: Lesson 7: Stem Cell Transplantation in Cancer Treatment URL Fundamentals of haematopoetic stem cell transplantation

Read the "Principles of Transplantation" and read the section "Haematopoiesis" and "Transplant immunology". (6 minutes)

EdCaN

URL Principles of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Read the entire page. (1 minute)

Springer Link

URL Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Terms

Read the entire page. (8 minutes)

American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

URL Histocompatibility

Read the meaning of Histocompatibility. (2 minutes)

ScienceDirect

URL The role of HSCT in cancer control

Read the entire page. (3 minutes)

EdCaN

URL Types of Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplants

Read the entire page. (20 minutes)

American Cancer Society

URL Indication of HSCT

Read Indication. (5 minutes)

NCBI

URL Diseases treatable by transplants

Read the entire page. (4 minutes)

BetheMatch

URL All About Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)

Read the entire page. (13 minutes)

MedicineNet

URL Long-Term Effects of Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation after Pediatric Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis of Life Experiences and Adaptation Strategies

Read "Current Challenges and Difficulties that the Participants Experience due to Their Past Illness and Its Complications". (8 minutes)

Frontiers in Psychology

URL Acute Effects of HSCT

Read the entire page. (3 minutes)

EdCaN

URL Late effects

Read the entire page. (3 minutes)

EdCaN

URL Early and acute complication of HSCT and Nurses role

Read the section from  9.1.1. Introduction to 9.3.9. Nursing Aspects (42 minutes)

NCBI

URL Topic: Stem Cell Transplantation in Cancer Treatment Part 1

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

URL Topic: Stem Cell Transplantation in Cancer Treatment Part 2

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

Module 1: Lesson 8: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs URL Safe Handling of Hazardous Chemotherapy Drugs in Limited-Resource Settings

Read from pages 1-19. (45 minutes)

PAHO and WHO

URL Safe Handling Cytotoxic Drugs and Related Waste

Read pages: 6-8, 53-56, 58-62, 69-86. (70 minutes)

Government of South Australia

URL Hazardous Drugs Table

Read the entire page. (9 minutes)

New South Wales Government

URL Topic: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs

Read all the slides and answer the questions.

Module 2: Lesson 1: Nursing Management of Tissue Integrity in Cancer Patient URL Skin and nail changes during cancer treatment
Read entire page. (8 minutes)
National Cancer Institute
URL Pruritis

Read contents from 'Overview' to 'Physical Modalities'. (32 minutes)

National Cancer Institute

URL Skin Problems

Read contents of sections ‘Dry Skin’, ‘Itchy Skin’, ‘Skin Rash’ ‘Changes in Skin Color’, ‘Pressure Sores’, and ‘Scars and Wound’. (25 minutes) 

American Cancer Society

URL How does chemotherapy affect the skin?

Read the entire article. (11 minutes)

MedicalNewsToday

URL The Hand-foot Syndrome

Read contents of sections ‘Background’, ‘Assessment’, ‘Management’ and ‘Patient Education’. (7 minutes)

Cancer Institute NSW, eviQ

URL Algorithm for dermocosmetic use in the management of cutaneous side-effects associated with targeted therapy in oncology

Read contents from section 'Side-effects associated with targeted chemotherapeutic agents' to ‘Conclusion’. (15 minutes)

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

URL How to care for your skin during and after radiation therapy

Read the entire article. (8 minutes)

American Academy of Dermatology Association

URL Nursing Management of Tissue Integrity in Cancer Patient
Module 2: Lesson 2: Nursing Management of Nutrition in Cancer Patient URL Nutrition in Cancer Care (PDQ®)–Patient Version

Read the sections 'overview to the types of nutritional support'. (30 minutes)

National Cancer Institute, US

URL Nutritional Assessment

Read contents of section 'A: Anthropometry'. (3 minutes)

British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

URL SEOM clinical guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients (2018)

Read contents of sections 'Screening and nutritional assessment' and 'Energy and nutritional requirements. (3 minutes)

Clinical and Translational Oncology

URL New trends in nutritional status assessment of cancer patients

Read contents of the sections ‘physical examination to Dual-energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA)’. (13 minutes)

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

URL Nursing Management of Nutrition in Cancer Patient
Module 2: Lesson 3: Nursing Management of Pain in Cancer Patient URL Cancer Pain (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version

Read contents from sections 'Background and Definitions' to 'Impact on Function and QOL', and 'Pain Classification'. (17 minutes)

National Cancer Institute, US

URL Cancer Pain Assessment and Classification

Read the content of the sections ‘Clinical Presentation and Assessment of Pain’ and 'Timing and Temporal Variation'. (8 minutes)

MDPI 'Cancers'

URL The Challenge of Cancer Pain Assessment

Read the content of section 'HOW DO WE CURRENTLY ASSESS PAIN IN CANCER PATIENTS?'. (3 minutes)

The Ulster medical journal

URL Addiction in Patients With Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities
Read the entire article. (20 minutes)
URL The Pain Assessment

Read the sections ‘Instruments for pain-intensity assessment’ and ‘Instruments to measure pain affect'. (12 minutes)

European Spine Journal

URL The McGill Pain Questionnaire as a Multidimensional Measure in People with Cancer: An Integrative Review

Reade contents of sections 'Pain location (sensory dimension)', ' Pain intensity (sensory dimension)', 'Pain quality (sensory, affective, and cognitive dimensions)', 'Pain pattern (sensory dimension)', and 'Alleviating and aggravating factors (behavioral dimension)'. (3 minutes)

 Pain Management Nursing Journal, American Society of Pain Management Nurses

URL Optimal Pain Management for Patients with Cancer in the Modern Era

Read the section 'Pain Management', 'Pain Management: Non-opioid', 'Pain Management: Opioids’ and 'Opioids related side effects'. (30 minutes)

CA: a cancer journal for clinicians

URL Cancer Pain Control

 Read the content of the section ‘Managing and preventing side effects'. (4 minutes)

National Cancer Institute

URL Adult Cancer Pain

Read contents of pages 1072 to 1075. (6 minutes)

Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network

URL Complementary and alternative medicine in cancer pain management: A systematic review

Read the entire section ‘Non-pharmacological therapies in cancer pain management’. (32 minutes)

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

URL Nursing Management of Pain in Cancer Patient- Part 1
URL Nursing Management of Pain in Cancer Patient Part 2
Module 2: Lesson 4: Nursing Management of Fatigue and Weakness in Cancer Patient URL Fatigue (PDQ®)–Health Professional Versio

Read contents of sections ‘Assessment’, ‘Interventions’ and ‘Patient Education (58  minutes)

National Cancer Institute, US

URL Barriers to assessment and management of cancer related fatigue

Read 2nd, 3rd and 4th paragraph of section ‘Barriers to the Translation of CRF Guidelines Into Practice’ (4 minutes)

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

URL Fatigue related interventions for patient on active treatment, post-treatment and end-of-life treatment

Read contents of figure FT1-FT2, FT3, FT4, FT5, FT6, and FT7. 
(32 minutes)

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

URL Nursing Management of Fatigue and Weakness in Cancer Patient
Module 2: Lesson 5: Nursing Management of Self-esteem and Body Image Concerns in Cancer Patient URL Managing body image difficulties of adult cancer patients: Lessons from available research Weblink:

Read content from ‘Introduction’ to ‘Conclusion’. (34 minutes)

American Cancer Society Journal ‘Cancer’

URL Body image and self confidence

Read the entire page. (3 minutes)

Cancer Institute NSW

URL Coping with body image and self-esteem worries

Read the entire page. (4 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL Nursing Management of Self-esteem and Body Image Concerns in Cancer Patient
Module 2: Lesson 6: Nursing Management of Anemia in Cancer Patient URL Cancer- and Chemotherapy-induced Anemia

Read content from ‘Screening evaluation’ to ‘NCCN Recommendations’ for iron supplementation. (35 minutes)

Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network

URL Management of anaemia and iron deficiency in patients with cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines

Read content from ‘ESAs’ to ‘RBC Transfusion’. (34 minutes)

ESMO Annals of Oncology

URL Nursing Management of Cancer Treatment Related Anemia
Module 2: Lesson 7: Nursing Management of Thrombocytopenia/Bleeding in Cancer Patient URL Bleeding in cancer patients and its treatment: a review

Read the entire journal article. (24 minutes)

Annals of Palliative Medicine, Hong Kong

URL Low platelet count

Read the entire page. (9 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL A Bleeding

Read the entire page. (8 minutes)

Victoria State Government, BetterHealth Channel 

URL Caustic hemostatic agents

Read section ‘Caustic hemostatic agents’. (3 minutes)

HINDAWI Dermatology Research and Practice Journal

URL Nursing Management of Thrombocytopenia / Bleeding in Cancer Patient
Module 2: Lesson 8: Nursing Management of Neutropenia and Mouth/Throat Problems in Cancer Patient URL Low white blood cell count

Read the entire page. (11 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL A close look at neutropenia among cancer patient: Risk factor and management

Read contents of the section on ‘Neutropenia’, ‘Adverse effect’, ‘Neutropenia diagnosis’ and ‘Management of Neutropenia’. (21 minutes)

IntechOpen

URL Mouth and Throat Problems during Cancer Treatment

Read the entire page. (6 minutes)

National Cancer Institute, US

URL Sore mouth and throat

Read the entire page. (13 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL Nursing management of neutropenia and mouth /throat problems in cancer patient
Module 2: Lesson 9: Nursing Management of Extravasation and Peripheral Neuropathy in Cancer Patient URL Extravasation Management

Read contents of ‘Background’, ‘Assessment’ ‘Management’ and ‘Patient education’. (24 minutes)

Cancer Institutes of NSW, eviQ

URL Management of chemotherapy extravasation: ESMO–EONS Clinical Practice Guidelines

Read the entire article. (22 minutes)

ESMO Annals of Oncology

URL Peripheral nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy)

Read the entire page. (7 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL Nerve Problems (Peripheral Neuropathy) and Cancer Treatment

Read the entire page. (5 minutes)

National Cancer Institute, US.

URL Systemic anticancer therapy-induced peripheral and central neurotoxicity: ESMO–EONS–EANO Clinical Practice Guidelines

Read contents from section ‘Treatment of CIPN’ to ‘Recommendations’. (24 minutes) 

ESMO Annals of Oncology

URL Prevention and Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Survivors of Adult Cancers: ASCO Guideline Update

Read contents of section ‘Abstract- Recommendations’ and ‘The Bottom Line’. (5 minutes)

An American Society of Clinical Oncology Journal

URL Managing Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Read the entire page. (6 minutes)

Oncology Nursing News

URL Nursing management of e xtravasation and peripheral neuropathy in cancer patient
Module 2: Lesson 10: Patient Education URL WMA DECLARATION OF LISBON ON THE RIGHTS OF THE PATIENT

Read the entire page. (9 minutes)

World Medical Association

URL Patient Education Resource

Read the entire page. (25 minutes)

Institute of Cancer NSW,  eviQ

URL Patient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline

Read the content of ‘THE BOTTOM LINE’.(8 minutes)

Journal of Clinical Oncology

URL Patient Education in Home Care: Strategies for Success

Read the entire article.  (20 minutes)

Home Healthcare Now, Lippincott Nursing Center

URL Topic: Patient and Family Education
Module 2: Lesson 11: Supportive Care URL Module Five-Cancer Supportive Care Principle
Read pages from 2 to 24 (15 minutes)
EdCan Cancer Australia
URL A Supportive Care

Read the entire page (1 minute)

National Cancer Institute

URL Self Management Support

Read the entire page ( 3 minutes)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

URL Basic Strategies for Self-Care

Read the entire page ( 5 minutes)

University of Texas

URL Supportive Care for Cancer Patient
Module 2: Lesson 12: Palliative Care URL What is palliative care till how palliative care

Read: What is palliative care till how palliative care is paid for (8 minutes)

American Cancer Society

URL Barriers to Access to Palliative Care

Read: Current Reach of Palliative Care to Restrictive Program eligibility (18 minutes)

NCBI

URL Cultural and Spiritual Considerations in Palliative Care

Read: The entire article (21 minutes)

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

URL Palliative Care for Cancer Patient
Module 2: Lesson 13: On Death and Dying URL Cultural beliefs and values in cancer patients

Read from ‘Introduction' to 'spirituality to cancer patients in ME countries’ (6 minutes)

Annals of Oncology

URL Oncologic Emergencies: Recognition and Initial Management

Read Table 1. Summary of Oncologic Emergencies (3 minutes)

American Family Physician

URL Oncology Nurses’ Role in Recognizing and Addressing Oncologic Emergencies

Read the entire page (9 minutes)

ONS VOICE

URL Advance care planning and advance directives

Read the section “Advance Care Planning’ and ‘Advance Directives’ (16 minutes)

Up ToDate

URL Making Memory Last: The Art of Legacy Work

Read the entire page (4 minutes)

The University of Texas

URL Compassionate Care of the Terminally Ill

Read the contents of the sections ‘What Characteristics of Treaters Are Important in the Care of Dying Patients?’ And ‘How Can a Clinician Be Helpful to a Patient Who Is Terminally Ill?’ (15 minutes)

The Primary Care Companion, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

URL Facing End of Life

Read the section ‘providing psychological supports’ (10 minutes)

Cancer Council Victoria

URL Nursing Care on Death and Dying
Module 2: Lesson 14: Grief and Bereavement URL American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

Read: The Entire Article (4 minutes)

URL Coping with Grief

Read: The Entire Article (8 Minutes)

Cancer 

URL Grief and Bereavement What are grief, mourning, and bereavement?

Read: The entire Article (10 minutes)
American Cancer Society
URL Loss, Grief, and Bereavement

Read: Complicated Grief (2 minutes)

MedicineNet

URL Cancer Support Groups

Read: The Entire Article (5 minutes)

National Cancer Institute

URL Cultural beliefs and values in cancer patients

Read: Culture, Myths ad Stigmna about cancer and their effects on patients Upto "How can we develop opportunities  for progress in cancer control" (10 minutes)

Annals of Oncology

URL Personal reflections on coping and loss

Read: The Entire Article (13 minutes)

The British Psychologist Society

URL Nursing Management of Grief and Bereavement
Module 2: Lesson 15: Nursing Ethics URL THE ICN CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES

Read pages from 2 to 10 ( 10 minutes)

International Council of Nurses

URL Introduction to Professional Nursing and Ethics
Read the section ethical principles, pages 67-81. (15 minutes)
URL Ethics: Nursing Around the World: Cultural Values and Ethical Conflicts

Read the entire page (11 minutes)

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

URL Ethical Concepts in Patient Care
Module 2: Lesson: 16. Scope of Nursing Practice URL Scope of Practice

Read the section 'scope of practice' (2 minutes)

ANA

URL Code of Ethics for Nursing Practitioners in South Africa

Read the section 'ethical principle' and  'value statement' (4 minutes)

South African Nursing Council

URL Guidelines for reporting a case of Professional Misconduct

Read the entire page (3 minutes)

South African Nursing Council

URL Nurses Negligence and Malpractice

Register for free on the Nursingcenter website and read the sections 'Defining and Tracking Malpractice' and 'Reducing Potential Liability' of this open-access article. (5 minutes)
American Journal of Nursing

URL Ethical issues in electronic health records: A general overview

Read the entire page (15 minutes)

Indian Society for Clinical Research

URL Nursing documentation and recording systems of nursing care

Read the section ‘purpose of Nursing Documentation' (7 minutes)

Health Science Journal

URL Record Keeping and Documentation

Read the entire page (7 minutes)

Ausmed

URL Topic: Scope of Nursing Practice
Module 2: Lesson 17: Oncological emergencies - Cardiac Tamponade URL The Cardiac Tamponade

Read: Entire article (4 minutes)

MedlinePlus: Medical Encyclopedia

URL The Cardiac Tamponade

Read: Introduction, Etiology, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Evaluation, Treatment and Management, Enhancing Health care Team Outcomes (8 minutes)

Statpearls

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergency_ Cardiac Tamponade
Module 2: Lesson 18: Oncological emergencies_ Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) URL The Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Read: Entire article till Living With (13 minutes)

National Heart, Lungs, and Blood Institute

URL Merck Manual: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Read: Entire article up to Treatment of DIC (4 minutes)

Merkmanual

URL MedlinePlus: Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)

Read: Entire article up to possible complications (3 minutes)

Medline Plus 

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergency DIC
Module 2: Lesson 19: Oncological Emergencies_ Hypercalcemia of Malignancy URL Diagnosis and Management of Oncologic Emergencies

Read: Hypercalcemia of Malignancy section (5 minutes)

eScholarship: An open access publication from University of California

URL Hypercalcemia of malignancy: An update on pathogenesis and management

Read: Entire Article (34 minutes)

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergency_ Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
Module 2: Lesson 20: Oncologic Emergencies- Septic Shock URL Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016

Read contents of section ‘APPENDIX 1.: Recommendations and Best Practice Statements’. (17 minutes)

Critical Care Medicine

URL The Septic Shock

Read the entire page. (5 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

Read contents of ‘Box1’, ‘Box 2’, ‘Box 3’, and ‘Box 4’. (3 minutes)

Journal of American Medical Association

URL Management of septic shock in the critically ill

Read the entire article. (22 minutes)

Oxford Medicine Online, Oxford Textbook of Critical Care (2 ed.)

URL International critical care nursing considerations and quality indicators for the 2017 surviving sepsis campaign guidelines

Read contents from section ‘International critical care nursing interventions for patients with sepsis’. (5 minutes)

Intensive Care Medicine Journal

URL Nursing Management of Oncologic Emergency- Septic Shock
Module:2 Lesson : 21: Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies- Spinal Cord Compression URL The Spinal cord compression

Read the entire page (5 minutes)

Cancer Research UK

URL The Spinal Cord Compression

Read the entire page (8 minutes)

JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE

URL Oncology Emergency Series: Understanding spinal cord compression

Read the entire pages 44-50 (22 minutes)

 Wolters Kluwer Health

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies - Spinal Cord Compression
Module 2: Lesson 22: Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies- Increased Intracranial Pressure URL The Increased Intracranial Pressure

Read the section  from 'Introduction' to 'Prognosis' (11 minutes)

NCBI

URL The Increased Intracranial Pressure

Read the entire page (5 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL Raised Intracranial Pressure

Read the section 'Management' (8 minutes)

BMJ

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies - Increased Intracranial Pressure
Module 2: Lesson: 23 Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies-Superior Vena Cava Syndrome URL The Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Read the entire page (5 minutes)

American Society of Clinical Oncology

URL The Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Read the entire page (8 Minutes)

StatPearls

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies - Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Module 2: Lesson 24: Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies-SIADH URL A Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone

Read the entire page (4 minutes)

Canadian Cancer Society

URL Guidelines for the Management of Oncologic Emergencies in Adult Patients – Full Version

Download the PDF document ‘Oncologic Emergencies Guidelines’ and read page 20. (1 minute)
Cancer Care Nova Scotia

URL Clinical management of SIADH

Read the section from 'What is SIADH?' to Treatment of SIADH using general and indirect means (21 minutes)

SAGE Journals

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies - SIADH
Module 2: Lesson 25: Oncological Emergency_ Tumor Lysis Syndrome URL Diagnosis and Management of Oncologic Emergencies

Read: Tumor Lysis Syndrome Section (5 minutes) 

eScholarship: An open access publication from the University of California

URL A Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Read: The entire article (24 minutes)

The New England Journal of Medicine

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergency- Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Module: 2: Lesson: 26 Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies- Hemorrhagic Cystitis URL The Hemorrhagic Cystitis

Read the entire page (7 minutes)

NSW

URL Hemorrhagic cystitis in cancer patients

Read the section 'Prevention' and 'Management' (26 minutes)

UpToDate

URL Mechanisms of hemorrhagic cystitis

Read the section ‘Mechanisms of bladder inflammation in people’ (6 minutes)

NCBI

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies - Hemorrhagic Cystitis

Read the section ‘Mechanisms of bladder inflammation in people’ (6 minutes)

NCBI

Module: 2 Lesson: 27: Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies- Anaphylaxis URL The Pathophysiology of Anaphylaxis

Read the section ‘Immunologic Mechanism of Anaphylaxis’ to ‘Other potential mediators’ (32 minutes)
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology

URL The Anaphylaxis

Read the section Etiology of Anaphylaxis’ and ‘Pathophysiology’ (1 minutes)

MSD Manual

URL The Allergic Reaction

Read the entire page (4 minutes)

Virginia Cancer Institute

URL Management of infusion reactions to systemic anticancer therapy: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines

Read Table 2. Clinical criteria for diagnosing Anaphylaxis and Management (6 minutes)

ESMO

URL Nursing Management of Oncological Emergencies - Anaphylaxis
Module 3: Lesson 1: Effective Communication URL Effective communication in Nursing

Read the contents from ‘Principles of Communication’ to ‘Counter-productive communication techniques’. (30 minutes)

IntechOpen

URL The Nurse's Role in Patient Education

Read the entire article. (5 minutes)

Arkansas State University

URL Principles of adult learning

Read the contents of sections ‘Educating adult patients, carers and family members’, ‘Communication in cancer care’. (5 minutes)

Cancer Australia Website, eviQ

URL Tips on Facilitating Effective Group Discussions

Read the entire article. (10 minutes)

Brown University

URL What is nurse coaching?

Read the contents of section ‘What is nurse coaching?’. (3 minutes)

American Holistic Nurses Association

URL Barriers to communication

Watch the video clip and take notes of the good and poor communication. Identify barriers and promoters of effective communication. (5 minutes)

Mesa Community College

URL Patient-Centered Communication and Shared Decision Making

Read the entire article. (1 hour and 40 minutes)

Institute of Medicine

URL Effective Communication
Module 3: Lesson 2: Evidence Based Practice URL Evidence-Based Practice: Step by Step: The Seven Steps of Evidence-Based Practice

Read the entire article. (11 minutes)

American Journal of Nursing

URL Understanding Clinical Expertise: Nurse Education, Experience, and the Hospital Context

Read the contents of section ‘Expertise’ in the literature review of this article. (2 minutes)

Research in Nursing and Health

URL What do patient values and preferences mean?

Read the contents of section ‘Determinants of patient’s values’, pages 876-878. (6 minutes).

Patient Education and Counselling Journal

URL Igniting a Spirit of Inquiry

Read the entire article. (12 minutes)

American Journal of Nursing

URL Asking the Clinical Question

Read the entire article. (12 minutes). 

American Journal of Nursing

URL Searching for the Evidence

Read the entire article. (19 minutes). 

American Journal of Nursing

URL Rapid Critical Appraisal

Read the contents from ‘Rapid Critical Appraisal’. (16 minutes)

American Journal of Nursing

URL Implementing an Evidence-Based Practice Change

Read the contents starting from ‘Engaging the Stakeholders’. (15 minutes). 

American Journal of Nursing

URL Addiction, Opioids and Pain: Exemplar Nursing Science
Watch the entire video. (60 minutes)
URL The Evidence-Based Practice
Module: 3 Lesson 3: Change Management URL Choosing Strategies for Change

Read the entire article starting from 'Diagnosing Resistance'. (30 minutes)

Harvard Business Review

URL The Force field Analysis

Read the entire article. (2 minutes)

University of Cambridge

URL Chaos Theory and Nursing

Read the contents from 'Introduction' to 'Conclusion' (12 minutes)

International Journal of Caring Sciences

URL 5 CRITICAL STEPS IN THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS

Read the entire page (7 minutes)

Harvard Business School Online

URL Learning Organization

Read the contents from 'The learning organizations' to 'Team learning'. (16 minutes). 

Infed.org

URL Change management and Communication

Read the entire document. (22 minutes). 

Commonwealth of Australia

URL Factors influencing large-scale change in healthcare

Read the contents of 'Table: 2 Factors influencing large-scale change in healthcare'. (6 minutes)

Sax Institute

URL Leading change

Read the contents of 'Idea in brief' and 'Idea in practice' of page no.1. (4 minutes).

Harvard Business Review

URL 9 key healthcare trends in the 2020s

Read the content of section '9 key healthcare trends in 2020s'. (3 minutes)

Healthcare Financial Management Association

URL Organizational Change

Read the contents starting from 'Planning and Executing Change Effectively'. (16 minutes)

University of Minnesota

URL Diffusion of Innovation Theory

Read the entire article. (6 minutes)

Boston University School of Public Health

URL Bridges Transition Model

Read the entire article. (4 minutes)

William Bridges Associates

URL Change Management.
Module 3: Lesson 4: Critical Thinking URL The Praxis of Critical Thinking in Nursing

Read contents of pages 18-19, 22-23, 25, 39-42, 44, 54, 58, 67, 83, 87, 97-98, and 114. (39 minutes)

By Nancyruth Leibold

URL Next Generation NCLEX News

Read contents of page 3. (2 minutes)

NCSBN

URL Thinking Like a Nurse: A Research-Based Model of Clinical Judgment in Nursing

Read the content of the section 'Research-based model of clinical judgment'. (8 minutes). 

Christine A. Tanner

URL Critical Thinking and Clinical Judgment
Module 3: Lesson 5: Conflict Management URL What is Conflict and What Does it Look Like in the Workplace?

Read the entire article (6 minutes)

Cranaplus

URL Causes of Conflict in Organizations

Read contents of section 'Why organizations have so much conflict?'. (3 minutes)

OpenStax

URL Five Methods for Managing Conflict

Read the entire page (4 minutes)

University of Southampton

URL Top Tips for Handling Conflict in Your Team

Read the entire page (5 minutes)

University of Southampton

URL Taking an Assertive Approach to Conflict Resolution

Read the "Different approach of Conflict Management" (2 minutes)

American Management Association

URL Being assertive: Reduce stress, communicate better

Read the entire page (8 minutes)

Mayo Clinic

URL The Assertive Communication

Read the entire article (6 minutes)

Healthy WA, Department of Health, Government of Western Australia.

URL What Are the Five Conflict Resolution Strategies?

Read: The Thomas-Kilmann Model (2 Minutes)

Community Portland College

URL How to Be Assertive (Without Losing Yourself)

Read: The Entire Article (12 Minutes)

Harvard Business Review

URL Conflict Management
Module 3: Lesson 6: Use of Technology URL What is Nursing Informatics and Why is it so Important?

Read the entire first page, contents of 'Building blocks of nursing communication' in the second page, and contents of the section 'Privacy, confidentiality and security of health information' on the third page. (6 minutes)

Canadian Nurses Association

URL Balancing care with technology

Read the entire article. (3 minutes)

Nursing Management (Springhouse)

URL Health IT Standards

Read the entire article. (3 minutes)

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

URL An Informatics Infrastructure Is Essential for Evidence-based Practice

Read the entire article. (6 minutes)

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

URL Nurses and the use of computer technology

Read the entire article. (5 mintes)

Registered Nurse's Association of Ontario

URL The Impact of Emerging Technology on Nursing Care

Read the entire article. (47 minutes)

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

URL Computerized Provider Order Entry

Read the entire article. (7 minutes).

Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality

URL 2020: Emerging Technology in Global Nursing Care

Read the entire page (11 minutes)

HIMSS

URL Digital Technology and the Future of Health Systems

Read the contents starting from 'A New World of Healthcare' to 'Challenges'. (16 minutes).

Health Systems & Reforms Journal

URL New Technology in Nursing Education and Practice

Read the entire page (22 minutes)

IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS)

URL Use of Technology
Module 3: Lesson 7: Learning Agility URL High Potentials as High Learners

Read ‘People Agility’, ‘ Results Agility’, ‘Mental Agility’, ‘Change Agility’ and ‘Summary of the characteristics of the learning agile’. (2 minutes)

Human Resource Management Journal

URL Workforce agility: An answer to turbulence in acute care nursing environments?

Read the entire article. (10 minutes)

Nursing Management (Springhouse)

URL Tips for Improving Your Learning Agility

Read the entire article. (10 minutes)

Center for Creative Leadership

URL Learning Agility
Module 3: Lesson 8: Self-Care URL Preventing Compassion Fatigue: Caring for Yourself

Read: Section ‘Self-care strategies’ (6 minutes)

National Association for the Education of Young Children

URL Self-care for nurses

Read the entire page (2 minutes)

Australian Government Cancer Australia: EdCaN

URL Compassion Fatigue in Oncological Nursing

Read the entire page (2 minutes)

New Jersey City University

URL Continuing Education

Read ‘DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS’ and table 1. Symptoms of compassion fatigue (2 minutes)

Oncology Nurse Advisor

URL Topic: Self-Care
Module 3: Lesson 9: Unconscious Bias - Conscious Inclusion URL Module 3: Bias and Well-Meaning People

Read the content of sections on 'Introduction, 'Two types of Bias', 'How is it Possible', 'It's HOw We are Wired' and 'The Neuroscience'. Videos are optional. (9 minutes)

National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University

URL The Impact of Unconscious Bias in Healthcare: How to Recognize and Mitigate It

Read the entire article. (36 minutes) 

The Journal of Infectious Disease

URL Implicit Racial/Ethnic Bias Among Health Care Professionals and Its Influence on Health Care Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Read sections on ‘PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY’. (3 minutes)

American Journal of Public Health

URL Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review

Read the content of pages 8-16. (22 minutes)

American Academy of Family Physicians

URL Long-term reduction in implicit race bias: A prejudice habit-breaking intervention

Read content on section ‘Strategies for reducing implicit race bias’. (4 minutes)

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

URL Five strategies to combat unconscious bias

Read the content on ‘Tapping five strategies’ and ‘Positive changes’.(5 minutes)

Nursing2021

URL Unconscious Bias- Conscious Inclusion
Module 4: Lesson 1: Health Care Landscape in South Africa URL Health Care Landscape in South Africa.
Module 4: Lesson 2: Nursing Case Management, Nurse Manager, and Multidisciplinary Team Roles URL Role of case manager

Read entire page starting from 'Introduction' section.

URL A multidisciplinary approach in providing transitional care for patients with advanced cancer

Read the entire article.

URL Nursing Case Management
Clinical Resources URL Patient Care Sheets for Breast Cancer
URL Patient Care Sheets for Lung Cancer
URL Patient Care Sheets for Colon and Rectal Cancer
URL Patient Care Sheets for Prostrate Cancer
URL Patient Care Sheets for Stomach Cancer
URL Change of Shift Report Draft
URL Report Sheet
URL Hand Washing and Hand Rub- Procedure Checklist
URL Hand Washing- Video by WHO
URL Hand Rub- Video by WHO
URL Radial Pulse Procedure Checklist
URL Radial Pulse- video
URL Apical Pulse- Procedure Checklists
URL Brachial Pulse - Procedure checklist
URL Carotid Pulse- Procedure Checklist
URL Respiration assessment- Procedure Checklist
URL Respiration assessment - Video by Health Education England
URL Manual Blood Pressure measurement- Procedure Checklist
URL Taking Temperature - Procedure Checklist
URL Taking Oral Temperature- Video by Hennepin Healthcare
URL Tympanic Temperature- Video by Health Education England
URL Skin, Hair, Nail Assessment - Procedure Checklist
URL Skin, Hair, Nail Assessment- Video by Harper College Nursing
URL Eye Assessment- Procedure Checklist
URL Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Mouth Assessment- Video by Harper College Nursing
URL External Ear Assessment- Procedure Checklist
URL Nose, Mouth, Throat, Neck Examination- Procedure Checklist
URL Nose, Mouth, Throat Exam- Video by Harper College Nursing
URL Chest Assessment- Procedure Checklist
URL Thorax and Lung Assessment- Video by Harper College Nursing
URL Breast Exam- Procedure Checklist
URL Breast Exam- Video by Stanford Medicine
URL Assessment of Abdomen- Procedure Checklist
URL Abdominal Assessment- Video by Harper College
URL Upper/Lower Extremities Musculoskeletal Assessment - Procedure Checklist
URL Musculoskeletal Assessment- Video by Harper College Nursing
URL Donning and Doffing of PPE- Procedure Checklist
URL Donning and Doffing PPE- Video by CDC
URL Donning and Doffing Clean Gloves- Procedure Checklist
URL Donning and Doffing Sterile Gloves- Procedure Checklist
URL Donning and Doffing of Sterile Gloves- Video by Boston Children's Hospital
URL Body Fluid Exposure- Procedure Checklists
URL Setting Up Sterile Field- Procedure Checklist
URL Setting up sterile field - Video by College of Southern Maryland
URL Using Bedpan- Procedure Checklist
URL Helping Patient with Urinal- Procedure Checklist
URL Tracheostomy Care- Procedure Checklist
URL Indwelling Catheter Removal- Procedure Checklist
URL Emptying Urine Collection Bag- Procedure Checklist
URL Oral Administration of Anti-Cancer Drug- Procedure Checklist
URL Oral Chemotherapy at Home- Video by Canadian Cancer Society
URL Intravenous Administration of Anti-Cancer Drug- Procedure Checklist
URL Administration of Anti-Cancer Drug Through Central Venous Access Device - Procedure Checklist
URL CAVD Anti-Cancer Drug Administration- Video by OpenPaediatrics Organisation
URL Subcutaneous Administration of Anti-Cancer Drug- Procedure Checklist
URL Subcutaneous Chemotherapy- Cleveland Clinic
URL Intramuscular Administration of Anti-Cancer Drug- Procedure Checklist
URL Intramuscular Injection- Video by CDC
URL End of Shift Report- Procedure Checklist
URL Fluid Intake/Output Net Balance - Procedure Checklist
URL . Nursing Skills by Chippewa Valley Technical College

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