| Autor: |
Luppino, Angela, Sullivan, Nicole |
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Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing; Jul2024, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p44-44, 2/3p |
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Introduction Historically patients would have a distress screening completed by nursing staff at the time of their CT planning scan. This would allow the radiation oncology nursing team to work through the patients' distress and put strategies in place to alleviate some of their concerns. Completing a distress screening tool at the planning scan appointment can cause delays and interruptions to patient flow. This is also a reactive process instead of proactive patient centred care. The Zedoc platform is patient-centred and has allowed us to send surveys to patients before they attend their initial appointment within the radiation oncology department. These surveys can be completed by the patient in the comfort of their home. We are then able to follow up with the patient and address any concerns raised. This helps to streamline the patient experience during the planning phase. Capturing distress screening before the patients planning scan enhances patient flow through the area, the patients are less distressed when they attend their initial appointment, because they have already had an initial point of contact to addressed their issues. Objectives/Aims To capture distress screening through a digital platform before patients attend their radiotherapy planning scan. Description/Methodology All radiotherapy patients who have a CT planning scan appointment will be sent a link via text message to complete a distress screening survey. The answers the patients give will be flagged to the radiation oncology nursing team who will follow up via a phone call and action the resources and care needed. Results/Outcomes 100% of patients attending a radiotherapy CT planning scan will have a online distress screen survey sent to them through the Zedoc system to be completed before they attend their appointment. Conclusion 100% of patients that have a CT planning scan will have a distress screening survey sent to them via Zedoc (digital platform SMS) prior to their planning appointment. This will allow for any issues to be discovered and attended to before the patient attends for the first time, which in turn will alleviate patient's distress. Using this digital platform will allow us to screen for distress at other time point through the patient's radiation journey and after the completion of their radiation treatment. In the future this could lead to nurse led survivorship care and the use of this online platform could be adopted in other areas of the cancer program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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