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ES 06 - Communication Skills in the End of Life/ Symptom Management in Lung Cancer (ID 515)
- Event: WCLC 2017
- Type: Educational Session
- Track: Nursing/Palliative Care/Ethics
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:K. Kubota, Jin -Ji Yang
- Coordinates: 10/17/2017, 15:45 - 17:30, F201 + F202 (Annex Hall)
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ES 06.04 - The Lung Cancer Patient, the Nurse and the Rehabilitation Opportunities in Denmark (ID 7608)
16:30 - 16:45 | Presenting Author(s): Marianne Cumberland
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Lung cancer is the most deadly cancer disease in Denmark, one out of four cancer deaths, is due to lung cancer. 4656 Danes are living with a lung cancer diagnosis in late 2015. There are 4700 new cases each year. This means that lung cancer is responsible for 7,8 % of all deaths in Denmark and 24 % of all cancer deaths.[1]Getting lung cancer has major personal consequences - and major consequences for society. There are rehabilitation services for Danish lung cancer patients, and it has a great potential for improvement. The purpose of lung cancer rehabilitation is to support and assist lung cancer sufferers and their relatives, dealing with the changes in everyday life – including at work – that the disease causes. A lung cancer patient in Denmark meets a nurse in many contexts. Nurses are a necessity for the lung cancer patient and rehabilitation in Denmark. I will present a small sample of the rehabilitation possibilities a lung cancer patient meets in Denmark. My focus is, nurse involvement and whether they have sufficient education for the task. Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health provides rehabilitation programs including physical activities, education, and discussion groups or sessions. The rehabilitation programs are for cancer patients living in the City of Copenhagen. A referral from the patient´s GP or hospital department is required in order to participate. There are similar centers in many other cities in Denmark. These centers provide good opportunities for lung cancer patients and rehabilitation. At the Health Care Centre, the lung cancer patient meets nurses.[2] “Well, you know – you have symptoms of something and you come here and tell the others about it and they say “I know just what you are talking about, that is how I´m feeling” – it´s a nice experience and makes me feel that I am all right” - Statement from a man with lung cancer, Copenhagen Centre for Cancer and Health The Danish Cancer Society is the largest disease-fighting organization in Denmark. The organization has more than 430,000 members. They have 3 main work areas in the fight against cancer: #prevention of cancer #giving advice to and supporting cancer patient and their relatives #cancer research. Via this organization, the lung cancer patient can talk to nurses and gets the opportunity to receive information, counseling, social networking and you can be anonymous – if you want to.[3] A Danish lung cancer patient can become a member of the Patient Association for Lung Cancer. It is a nationwide independent association for people with lung cancer and mesothelioma, and their families. You can stay up-to-date on lung cancer treatment, health policy, networking and you can also be a part of a community. You can also help put lung cancer on the agenda. There are 500 members in Denmark.[4] In order for the lung cancer patient's possibilities / conditions to improve, there are many projects in Denmark. The Vision Project - a multidisciplinary working group with professionals across the country and dealing with all aspects of the disease, from surgery to palliative care. Action areas are formulated and concrete initiatives made. In this context, there will be a particular focus on rehabilitation that can improve the life quality of lung cancer patients during and after treatment.[5] Social inequality in cancer rehabilitation - The University Hospital in Copenhagen and the Health Care Center in Copenhagen are developing a concept for motivational conversations offered to vulnerable patients. The hospital assesses the need for cancer rehabilitation to those expected to be at risk of saying no to a rehabilitations process. It is a nurse who coordinates the project.[6] Proluca (the value of Postoperative Rehabilitation of Operation for cancer) is a research project in which the effect of early training after surgery for lung cancer is evaluated. The project aims to investigate whether training shortly after surgery for lung cancer can lead to an improved performance in the post-operation phase. It is as a nurse who coordinates the project in the health care center in Copenhagen.[7] Good lung cancer care is related to nurse education. In Denmark the Bachelore’s degree programme in Nursing has a duration of 3 and a half years; you can also get an Advanced Cancer Nurse Education – this requires 1 and a half year of training.[8] Taking care of a lung cancer patient can often be complicated and requires nursing care at a high level. On a global scale, Denmark has a lot to offer lung cancer patients, but there is obviously still room for improvement, since this group of patients faces so many different challenges in their everyday life. And it takes well-educated nurses to meet the complex demands of lung cancer patients. [1] www.lungecancer.dk/ [2] www.kraeftcenter-kbh.dk/ [3] www.cancer.dk/international/ [4] www.lungekraeft.com/ [5] lungecancer.dk/documents/F1BFDA1D-EBFD-409A-A26A-15FF5385F00A.pdf [6] www.kraeftcenter-kbh.dk/projekter/social-ulighed [7] www.kraeftcenter-kbh.dk/projekter/proluca [8] www.dsr.dk/
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