CANC701/CANC7012 Developing Practice in SACT Administration and Care

Aim

This module aims to equip you to critically analyse the decision-making skills required to safely assess, plan and deliver care for patients receiving systemic anti-cancer therapies (SACT).

The assessment components provide you with the opportunity to critically evaluate your own service, with a focus on service improvement, whilst also demonstrating competency in the safe delivery of systemic anti-cancer treatments through completion of the SACT Passport.

Target Audience

This academic module is aimed at Registered Nurses working in a service that delivers Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) who are required to administer SACT as part of their role, wish to study at Masters level and have an interest in service development. There are theory and practice components to the course and the practice components are flexible depending on the level of SACT administration experience.

Those with appropriate background qualifications to study at master’s level 7.

This module can be taken as CPD or as part of the MSc Cancer Care programme pathway.

NB. If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, planning a pregnancy or undergoing fertility treatment you may wish to consider whether it is an appropriate time for you to enrol on this module as the practice placement requires you to administer a range of SACT treatments including cytotoxic chemotherapy

Date and Duration

Date/Time:
See dates and apply

Duration:
1 Semester module commencing January or September

6 contact days and 75 hours of clinical placement

Please contact the Module Lead for specific details regarding assessment submission deadlines:

Module Lead: Nicola Benson

Email: nicola.benson1@nhs.net

Content

Effective therapeutic communication, gathering patient needs and the importance of empathy
Holistic person centred assessment
Critical reflective practice and decision making
Exploration of SACT treatments
Principles of safe SACT administration and the responsibilities of the nurse
Side-effects, risks and impact of SACT
Clinical practice based hours to enable achievement of SACT administration competencies