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Mission Statement
The mission of the Faculty or Nursing and Health Science is to improve the health status of people with cancer through educating and up-skilling qualified nurses in best oncologic and palliative care practice. They will develop the ability to provide good quality, evidence-based, comprehensive assessment, and care, be committed to quality improvement and accountability, use clinical judgment to apply evidence-based approaches to improve the outcomes of people with cancer and their families. A holistic and compassionate approach focusing on the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients will be embraced and modeled. In addition, students will advance the science of cancer through using and participating in research.
The Objectives of the program:
- Significant benefits for Palestinian cancer patients arise from care delivered by a more knowledgeable and skilled nursing workforce
- Dissemination of good cancer care practice throughout the nursing and medical community through sharing of best practice
- The establishment of leaders and role models in cancer nursing practice in Palestine
- The emergence of more motivated and confident cancer nurses capable of reflective practice, critical thinking and decision-making
- Enthusiasm and desire for cancer nurses to embrace more responsibility resulting from greater knowledge.
- Potential for the emergence of Palestinian cancer nursing research
- An ability to constructively criticize bad or outdated practices and be an agent for change in cancer and palliative care in Palestine
- To enable cancer nursing to be a more attractive career choice
- For nurses to gain added respect from medical colleagues
- For graduates of the program to become educators in future oncology and palliative nursing programs.
Anticipated outcomes from the program:
The outcomes of the Master’s in Oncology and Palliative Care Nursing and the improvements in cancer patient management following the implementation of the program are expected to be significant. The expected outcomes are:
- Demonstrate clinical competency when providing quality nursing care to cancer patients
- Achieve a comprehensive understanding of the pathophysiology of cancer and oncologic disorders
- Be competent in the clinical diagnosis and management of oncologic disorders
- Gain an understanding of clinical trials methodology and acquire competence in a selected research area
- Develop and evaluate a personal philosophy of oncology nursing based on the program philosophy through the process of reflective practice.
- Increase the focus on research in the field of Oncology and Palliative Care Nursing
- Degree Requirements
- Program of Study
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