title: An oncology clinical experience in an Israeli baccalaureate nursing program.
abstract: Cancer is a serious health hazard in Israel. There is, therefore, a need to appropriately prepare nurses to administer quality care to oncology patients. Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing has designed and implemented a routine clinical oncology experience for third- and fourth-year students in their baccalaureate nursing program. The clinical experience includes a special orientation day, exposure to treatment modalities, rotations through several oncology settings, post-conference sessions devoted to cancer pain control, and the spiritual needs of cancer patients. Although the experience does not make the students oncology experts, it gives them a greater awareness of the multifaceted nature of oncology nursing.
authors.affiliation: Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Musgrave
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education*; D013338:Students, Nursing