Development of the TeLeo Pediatric Oncology Nurse Training Program to Address Latin American Nurse Specialization Inequity

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q1 NURSING

Seminars in Oncology Nursing Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151853

Mariana Durañona , Julia Challinor

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Abstract

Purpose

Nurses caring for children/adolescents and families in Latin America are challenged to provide optimal care with minimal training. Educational resources are generally in English, and few facilities have sustainable, specialized nurse onboarding or continuing education programs. This project developed a free Spanish-language pediatric oncology nurse training program with three components, foundational onboarding course, continuing education monthly webinars, and specialty course on bone marrow transplant. All addressed inequities of pediatric oncology nursing specialization access required to provide the most effective nursing care across Latin America.

Methodology

The methodology for creating the TeLeo Pediatric Oncology Nurse Training Program followed Kern's six-steps for curriculum development. Two courses and one continuing education webinar series were developed. Curricula and webinar content were written and taught by regional expert pediatric oncology nurses. Participant satisfaction surveys served for evaluation data.

Results

Five onboarding course cohorts enrolled 3350 nurses, whose feedback informed curriculum modifications and additions. Another 1611 nurses attended the continuing education live webinars. Future content will consider care of underserved populations and challenging issues in the region, eg, migrants, sexual diversity and gender inequity. Much needed Portuguese programming for Brazilian nurses is under development.

Significance

TeLeo has responded to a significant inequity in access to regional-specific pediatric oncology nursing specialization. TeLeo's success demonstrates that nurse experts can support large numbers of nurses when governments, hospitals and nursing schools are not yet scaling up to meet the nursing workforce needs to care for this growing pediatric patient population requiring specialized care to survive.

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制定远程儿科肿瘤学护士培训计划，解决拉丁美洲护士专业化不平等问题。

目的：在拉丁美洲，护理儿童/青少年和家庭的护士面临着以最少的培训提供最佳护理的挑战。教育资源通常是英语的，很少有机构有可持续的，专业的护士入职或继续教育项目。该项目开发了一个免费的西班牙语儿科肿瘤学护士培训项目，包括三个组成部分：基础入职课程、继续教育每月网络研讨会和骨髓移植专业课程。所有这些都解决了在拉丁美洲提供最有效护理所需的儿科肿瘤护理专业准入的不平等问题。方法：创建远程儿科肿瘤学护士培训计划的方法遵循Kern的课程开发六步。开发了两个课程和一个继续教育网络研讨会系列。课程和网络研讨会内容由区域儿科肿瘤学专家护士撰写和教授。参与者满意度调查作为评估数据。结果：5个入职课程队列招募了3350名护士，他们的反馈为课程的修改和补充提供了信息。另有1611名护士参加了继续教育现场网络研讨会。未来的内容将考虑照顾服务不足的人口和该地区具有挑战性的问题，例如移民、性别多样性和性别不平等。目前正在为巴西护士编写急需的葡萄牙语节目。意义：TeLeo已经回应了在获得特定区域儿科肿瘤护理专业化的显著不平等。TeLeo的成功表明，在政府、医院和护理学校尚未扩大规模以满足护理人员需求的情况下，护理专家可以为大量护士提供支持，以照顾需要专门护理才能生存的日益增长的儿科患者群体。

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Seminars in Oncology Nursing Nursing-Oncology (nursing)

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期刊介绍： Seminars in Oncology Nursing is a unique international journal published six times a year. Each issue offers a multi-faceted overview of a single cancer topic from a selection of expert review articles and disseminates oncology nursing research relevant to patient care, nursing education, management, and policy development.