About Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care

This conference focuses on Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference will demonstrate how the effective use of nurse prescribing in cancer care can improve patient care, experience and outcomes.

The conference will focus on developing competence and confidence in nurse prescribing in cancer care, including using the new National Competency Framework for all Prescribers.

Sessions will focus on chemotherapy prescribing, prescribing in a lung cancer, nurse prescribing for pain and symptom control, pharmacist prescribing within an oral anticancer medicine clinic, prescribing in end life care including controlled drugs, and nurse prescribing within follow up clinics and cancer survivorship services.