Cancer care in undergraduate nursing education, a mapping review

IF 4.2 2区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Nurse Education Today Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106883

Orlaith Hernon , Silvija Piškorjanac , Anne-Mari Seppälä , Isa Öhberg , Tarja Bergfors , Christina Lydon , Maura Dowling

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Abstract

Background

The incidence of cancer is rising globally. For high-quality cancer care, generalist nurses need core skills and knowledge to care for people with cancer. The training of such should begin during the undergraduate nursing educational programme as it is likely that all nurses will care for people living with cancer. This review aimed to examine the extent of cancer care education in undergraduate nursing education.

Methods

This review is considered a mapping review as it provides a broad overview of cancer care education in undergraduate nursing programmes. Several databases and the websites of cancer organisations were searched to identify relevant sources.

Results

From the database searches, 4493 sources were obtained. Three independent reviewers completed the title and abstract and subsequently the full-text screening of the sources. Finally, 132 studies were included in the review. Findings from the 132 included papers were grouped into relevant categories to help address the review's research questions. The most common cancer taught to the undergraduate population was breast cancer, and a wide range of teaching strategies were used.

Conclusion

This mapping review identified a high number of included papers, which demonstrates the efforts of nurse educators internationally to prepare the undergraduate student cohort for cancer care practice. Similarly, it endorses the importance of nurses publishing their educational projects to help guide educational practices on the topic.

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肿瘤护理在本科护理教育中的应用。

背景：全球癌症发病率呈上升趋势。为了获得高质量的癌症护理，通才护士需要核心技能和知识来照顾癌症患者。这些培训应该在本科护理教育课程中开始，因为很可能所有的护士都要照顾癌症患者。本文旨在探讨本科护理教育中癌症护理教育的程度。方法：这篇综述被认为是一篇图谱综述，因为它提供了本科护理课程中癌症护理教育的广泛概述。研究人员搜索了几个数据库和癌症组织的网站，以确定相关来源。结果：从数据库中检索到4493个来源。三位独立审稿人完成了标题和摘要，随后对来源进行了全文筛选。最后，132项研究被纳入综述。纳入的132篇论文的研究结果被分为相关类别，以帮助解决该综述的研究问题。本科学生中最常见的癌症是乳腺癌，并且使用了广泛的教学策略。结论：这篇地图综述确定了大量的纳入论文，这表明了国际上护士教育工作者为准备本科学生群体进行癌症护理实践所做的努力。同样，它赞同护士发布他们的教育项目的重要性，以帮助指导有关该主题的教育实践。

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Nurse Education Today 医学-护理

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

12.80%

发文量

349

审稿时长

58 days

期刊介绍： Nurse Education Today is the leading international journal providing a forum for the publication of high quality original research, review and debate in the discussion of nursing, midwifery and interprofessional health care education, publishing papers which contribute to the advancement of educational theory and pedagogy that support the evidence-based practice for educationalists worldwide. The journal stimulates and values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic relevance for leaders of health care education. The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of people, health and education systems worldwide, by publishing research that employs rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of education and systems globally. The journal will publish papers that show depth, rigour, originality and high standards of presentation, in particular, work that is original, analytical and constructively critical of both previous work and current initiatives. Authors are invited to submit original research, systematic and scholarly reviews, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing and related health care education, and which will meet and develop the journal''s high academic and ethical standards.