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Nurses awarded a fellowship under the ABC Global Alliance-EONS Nurse Fellowship Programme will join one of our host institutions as an observer for the duration of their fellowship. Host institutions are centres of excellence in breast cancer care that have kindly agreed to share their expertise with a fellowship nurse.
We expect to add English and Spanish-speaking sites very soon, but this may not happen before the closing date of May 31. If there is no English or Spanish site offered when you submit your application, please mention your preferred language instead of an institution name in your application.
Centre Antoine Lacassagne is one of 19 Comprehensive Cancer Centres in France's National Cancer Federation (UNICANCER), treating cancer exclusively.
UNICANCER centres also have teaching and research missions; the nurse observership will be structured as a training program covering the different stages of the breast cancer treatment.
The nurse will gain invaluable experience in all aspects of caring for patients with breast cancer, encompassing knowledge, skills, and professional conduct. This placement provides an opportunity to engage with real-world practice and will also allow the nurse to apply relevant knowledge to professional situations, to question, understand, and analyse these situations, and to envision her or his future practice.
Proposed fellowship experience:
Diagnostic activity
Initial consultation
Surgery and reconstruction
Medical oncology (day hospital and inpatient care)
Supportive care
Radiotherapy
CHU Brugmann is a major public university hospital, providing comprehensive adult care (850 beds) and playing a pivotal role in clinical training and research.
CHU Brugmann is committed to equitable access to high-quality, personalised care regardless of patients' origin, beliefs, or socio-economic status.
The hospital leads in medical innovation and education, hosting around 20 postgraduate programmes and topping scientific publication rankings within the IRIS network.
The Oncology Unit manages a wide range of solid tumours, and has particular expertise in breast cancer. Multidisciplinary reviews of every patient ensure personalized, optimal treatment plans. Advanced imaging and diagnostics support precise decision-making. Patients receive holistic care with dedicated nurse coordinators, psychologists, dietitians, and social workers.
Proposed fellowship experience:
Observe care and resources delivered at outpatient and inpatient clinics, supportive and palliative care clinics/unit, survivorship and follow-up clinics, and nurse coordinator consultations
Observe the on-site wellbeing/wellness unit, and outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation services
Attend weekly rounds and weekly multidisciplinary meeting (MDM)
Observe improvement and innovation projects, e.g. the planned introduction of tele-monitoring and documentation of clinical pathways
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is a comprehensive cancer centre whose mission is “a cure for every cancer and excellent care for every patient”. It is also an internationally acclaimed research institute.
The nurse observership will focus on palliative and supportive care for advanced (breast) cancer patients, with exposure to a wide range of services and patient resources.
Proposed fellowship experience:
Clinical in-patient ward (treatment side effects / complications and end-of-life care): multidisciplinary meetings, daily rounds, patient resources, digital tools, psychosocial meeting
Pain Treatment Department: observing pain specialists on in-patient wards and in out-patient clinic; pain block interventions with radiologist
Palliative care team: palliative care consultants/ physicians and nurses, multidisciplinary team meeting (MDT)
Centre for Quality of Life – supporting patients and loved ones before, during and after treatment, including issues such as anxiety, sleeplessness, fatigue, self-image and sexuality. May include interaction with physiotherapists, medical social workers, spiritual workers, and psychiatry/ psychology, transfer nurse, creative therapy, support consultants and patient resources.
Phase 1 clinical trials
Emergency department
Nursing researcher
Nile Badrawi Hospital is part of the Cleopatra Hospitals Group and is a centre of excellence in oncology.
ABC patients are treated in accordance with international guidelines, incorporating the hospital’s diagnostic radiology and pathology services, and therapeutic services including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy and radiotherapy. Additional services for patients include a pain clinic, clinical nutrition clinic and psychiatric (psychology) clinic.
Proposed fellowship experience:
Weekly rounds and multidisciplinary meetings
All aspects of the clinical pathway – outpatient clinics, inpatient clinics, supportive and palliative care clinics, survivorship and follow-up clinics, information sessions
Education or wellbeing events that focus on living with breast cancer/advanced breast cancer
Resources or information packs for patients with breast cancer/advanced breast cancer
Digital applications used to support patients
Education tools available concerning caring for patients with breast cancer/advanced breast cancer