BCN 3
“A learning organization involves sharing of professional
problems and ways of dealing with them. We use simulation
to learn and establish solutions. We have a few models on
the same role which we share with one another. We learn
through lectures on various topics.”
BCN 4
“I started my role as a BCN in 1997 after learning and
training for this job. As part of the establishing group, we
formed the role in the country. As part of this group, we
deal with a large target population from young to elderly
women. Women diagnosed with breast cancer undergo a
long process from diagnosis to rehabilitation and involves
the whole multidisciplinary caring team. As nurses, we
are part of this team, and such role requires us to learn
from the media and professional medical knowledge that
is constantly updated.”
Based on the above response, this group of Israeli BCNs
certainly invests much thought and motivations for updating
their knowledge and continually learning about different
methods and functions of a learning organization. A
working group of European oncology nurses has already
developed trainings for BCNs through the EONS.[9]
However, in Israel, we still require a formal curriculum
specific for BCNs. A working group of BCNs has already