Overview

When the patient's mood has not yet reached a moderate to high severity level, psychological support is usually provided by the clinical nurses. However, the result of past research showed that the needs of patients and their caregivers were not satisfied with the psychological level. Scholars pointed out that it may be related to factors such as excessive clinical workload or insufficient psychological support and care capacity. In addition, under the influence of COVID-19 in the past two years, medical staff are facing more physical and mental pressure. Oncology nurses have a heavy workload and are affected by the COVID 19 epidemic, which reflects that nurses need psychological support. Therefore, this study intends to reduce stress through remote physical and mental support activities, and use the Internet to intervene in guided relaxation and meditation. Considering the scheduling of clinical nurses, a remote and unstructured course content that does not require continuity will be selected, and then advanced to provide the empathetic care skills of oncology nurses.

Eligibility

Intervention group

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Over 20 years old (inclusive)
• Oncology nurses currently working in clinical practice
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Those who are unwilling or unable to participate in this course training for a full one- year period.
• Those who have registered for the advanced oncology nursing course organized by the Society in the current year.

Control group

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Over 20 years old (inclusive)
• Oncology nurses currently working in clinical practice
• Those who have registered for the advanced oncology nursing course organized by the Society in the current year
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Those who have participated in multiple oncology psychological care courses, those who are unwilling or unable to participate in the training of distance psychological support courses for a full one-year period.
• Those who participate in the advanced course of oncology nursing are unwilling or unable to participate in the data evaluation of the complete bi-annual time point.
• Those who have participated in this research project.