Ensuring that nursing students learn the symptoms seen in cancer.

Nursing education plays an important role in providing the knowledge, skills and critical thinking abilities needed to provide quality care. Innovative teaching strategies provide quality education. These methods, such as cooperative learning and concept maps, help them to criticize and apply their knowledge. It is important to integrate these strategies in oncology nursing education, which involves complex treatment processes and symptom management. Collaborative learning with concept maps can contribute to the development of a more holistic understanding of oncology care. This study was planned to examine the effect of collaborative learning approach with concept maps on nursing students' knowledge learning about symptom management of oncologic patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The sample of the study will consist of students who were attending the course on the date the research data were collected,
• who had not received education for oncology patients before and
• who agreed to participate in the study.
• It will be aimed to include all students who meet the inclusion criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students who were absent from the course and
• did not participate in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up test will be excluded from the study.

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