Whether community nurses are
involved in supporting patients and
families, providing information,
symptom management or
administration of treatment, they
play an essential role in improving
the patient experience and as such,
require relevant knowledge and
skills. Inevitably, cancer treatments
often come with a range of sideeffects,
and the nursing care
for patients being treated with
radiotherapy must be aimed not
only at problems associated with
the disease, but also at minimising
and managing the side-effects
associated with the treatment.