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 settings.
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.