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This book describes and explains how caring for adolescents and young adults with cancer (AYA) has developed into what is now a recognized and distinct field of nursing practice. It captures current innovative nursing practices and interventions which have developed over the past 25 years across the globe and are supported by research and evidence achieved in many European and international oncology settings. By outlining and describing educational needs of the AYA cancer nursing profession, this book supports its education and professional development for the nursing profession and serves to develop and disseminate nurses’ competencies worldwide. During the last decade, AYA have gained increased attention in healthcare. Today, it is recognized that AYA with cancer have distinct needs that are different to both children and older adults. Young people are in a unique developmental and transitional phase of their lives; thus, their treatment, perspectives and experiences have been addressed in research and the body of knowledge is growing accordingly. Some books are available that describe AYA cancer care, service delivery and aspects of age appropriate care but this volume will be the first to focus on how nurses contribute to AYA cancer care in practice. It will appeal to the AYA clinical nurses in cancer care, as well as to multidisciplinary healthcare professionals and healthcare professionals who support formal nursing education programmes, training and development in practice.

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Pia Riis Olsen became a registered nurse in 1980, received her MScN in 2001, and her PhD in 2009. She is a Clinical nurse specialist in Oncology since 2004, currently  in the Oncology Department at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. She is connected to the Youth Unit and her key research areas focus on Caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer and Network Focused Nursing. She participated to eight International publications on the topic of ‘Adolescents and young adults with cancer’ since 2009, and has been awarded for the Best Original Research Paper in Cancer Nursing in 2010. She is a reviewer for several international scientific journals, has authored professional chapters and she was the editor of two published books in Danish (2012, 2015). She regularly speaks at international conferences. Pia Riis Olsen is a Member of the European Network of Teenager and Young Adults with Cancer (ENTYAC), and a Board member of the European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS). Sam Smith is a qualified paediatric nurse and a specialist practitioner with twenty years of clinical experience, and a nurse consultant for teenagers and young adults. She advises both nationally and internationally on teenage and young adult cancer and is a Board member of various national and international cancer, nursing, policy and research groups. She led and developed UK and European leadership programmes in AYA cancer care; led, developed and published first Nursing competence and career framework in AYA cancer nursing. Sam Smith is also the Editor and author of The Blueprint of Care (AYA Cancer) (2012), and she is an invited speaker at over 50 national and international conferences. She has been awarded by the European Oncology Nursing Society “Lifetime Achievement Award” 2015 in recognition of leading the development of AYA cancer nursing specialty.

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