Contact Nurse in Cancer Care

Instruction is in the form of lectures, individual study, group work and seminars on written works. Weight is given to the scientific foundation and evidence-based knowledge of the field in all course components. The course is mainly net-based with some on-campus meetings.

The course comprises the following components:
The responsibility and function of the contact nurse
Person-centred care
Patients' rights and position
The needs of next-of-kin
Communication and professional conversation
Cancer rehabilitation and team
Health care information systems
Psychosocial nursing
Symptoms and needs in oncological nursing
Palliative approaches and turning point conversation
Ethics

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Admission requirements: Licensed nurse selected by the employer

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.