Concurrent 18 | Advanced Practice

11am – 12.30pm AWST, 19 June 2026 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins

Concurrent sessions

Examine the growing impact of advanced practice and specialist cancer nursing roles across Australia. This session explores nurse-led models of care, workforce implementation, supportive care outcomes, and system-wide approaches to improving access, coordination and equity in cancer care delivery.

Time Abstract Title Presenter
11:00 – 11:15 Characteristics and outcomes of cancer nurse practitioner roles in Australia: An integrative systematic review Mei Krishnasamy
11:15 – 11:30 Implementing a nurse-led model of unscheduled cancer care: A statewide evaluation of symptom and urgent review clinics Polly Dufton
11:30 – 11:45 Distress trajectories during cancer treatment: Analysis to inform nurse-led supportive care Samantha Redfearn
11:45 – 12:00 Improving coordination and equitable implementation of specialist cancer nursing roles in health services across Australia Bethany Crowe
12:00 – 12:15 Development and implementation of the McGrath Model of Care to enable equitable provision of supportive cancer nursing care Kerry Patford
12:15 – 12:30 Identifying key implementation determinants to inform development of gynaecological cancer nursing guidance: A cross-sectional study Natalie Williams