Nursing Oncology
Aims and Objectives
To improve oncology nursing training and education in Africa through inter –regional / international collaborative research
- To bring together Nurses in cancer care in Africa to discuss issues in relation to oncology nursing as a specialty and the availability of training and education in various regions
- To ascertain the training needs /educational needs of Nurses in Africa
- To help share best practices in oncology Nursing
- Increase Networking among Oncology Nurses
- To provide up-to-date nursing advice, counsel and co-ordinate research planning that relates to prevention, early detection and cure of cancer;
- To organize nursing symposia, workshops, meetings and conferences in keeping with objectives;
- To assist in the formation of cancer nursing research programs that are relevant in Africa;
- To facilitate African nurses’ participation in international research collaboration in African setting;
- To arrange periodic lectures by distinguished nursing scholars in oncology; both local and international;
- To collaborate with existing organizations interested in neoplastic diseases and facilitate the implementation of relevant and appropriate nursing research on cancer;
- To establish or assist in the setting up of publication of monographs and books in oncology for the dissemination of nursing research work on cancer in Africa;
- To identify training hubs within Africa to help facilitate the training of oncology Nurses
For more information, contact info@aortic-africa.org.