Una propuesta para mejorar el acceso y cobertura en oncología para Latinoamérica: enfermería de práctica avanzada / Advanced practice nursing as a proposal to improve access and coverage in oncology for Latin America
Rev. méd. Chile
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149(4): 591-597, abr. 2021. tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-1389498
ABSTRACT
PAHO/WHO proposes to implement the role of Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) in Latin America, to reduce gaps in coverage and access to health care. For this purpose, it is necessary to train nursing professionals with an expanded role, which allows them to collaborate in the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of people with specific diseases, under established protocols and clinical guidelines and within consolidated interdisciplinary health teams in a cost-effective way. One of the areas with the greatest coverage deficit in Latin America is adult oncology, with inequality in care opportunities for these patients. Part of the premature deaths attributable to this disease are due to the lack of access to timely diagnosis and treatment. As a contribution to the reduction of this gap, a training program of Advanced Nursing Practice was developed, addressing the most urgent needs in the field of oncology. The necessary competencies were defined to develop a professional-level master's degree program, considering prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of people with oncological diseases at different levels of care. A program of this kind is an opportunity to reduce the access gap and coverage of health care for people with cancer, improving their quality of life and their survival.
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Main subject:
Advanced Practice Nursing
Type of study:
Practice guideline
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Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Complejo Asistencial Dr. Sótero del Río/CL
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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Red de Salud UC-CHRISTUS/CL
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