Cancer Nursing Careers | Information and communcation in cancer care

Information and Communication in Cancer Care
This session explores the area of communication and provides useful tools to ensure you are getting the right information to the right person at the right time.

Communication in Cancer Care
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This session is the sixth of eight sessions that aims to support your learning about cancer. Each session is designed for registrants providing general cancer care and aligns with the nursing sensitive outcomes included in the RCN Career and Education Framework for Cancer Nursing.

Communication is key. From the perspective of a person affected by cancer (PABC), communication can be the most important aspect of care, in part because of its capacity to exacerbate or allay the fear that accompanies cancer.

Communication encompasses three areas of activity.

The multi-professional and multi-agency team are responsible for communicating with PABC and understanding each other's role so that they can improve the consistency and quality of information people receive.  Cancer, the treatments used, and possible outcomes can be very complex.