Case: Chemotherapy

This is the role card for the SP who will portray a patient needing chemotherapy in the role play. It contains the background and medical information for preparing the SP for the role play. The patient has come to the Outpatient Department of a hospital for the first time, and the nurse will help with filling out the admission form and taking the patient's medical history.

(Please adapt the name, age, address, phone number and any other details to match your SP's character and context.)

These are the instructions for the SP portraying the patient needing chemotherapy. It includes information on consent, students' backgrounds, meeting details, and descriptions of the tasks included in the role play: taking a history, hospital admission, after chemotherapy care, and self-home care.

(Please adapt the details to match your context.)

This is the role card for the nursing student(s) who will portray a nurse called to the Outpatient Department to help a patient that does not speak Japanese. It includes a checklist of tasks for the nurse role to complete in the role play, which will be evaluated by the examiner, including chief complaint, medical/medication history, family history, and lifestyle.

(Please adapt the checklist to match your goals & context.)

This is the nurse's role play card for the second task of the chemotherapy patient role play. In it, the nurse will explain the chemotherapy patient treatment flow, check vital signs, and explain the possible anti-cancer drug side effects. 

(Please adapt the checklist to match your goals & context.)

This role play card includes the third task, which involves observing the patient's condition in bed, after receiving chemotherapy for the first time, checking their vital signs, and supporting them. 

(Please adapt the checklist to match your goals & context.)

This final role play task for the nurse to observe the patient, taking a blood sample and explain about the patient's discharge and home care. 

(Please adapt the checklist to match your goals & context.)

This is the role card for the examiner who will evaluate the nurse's role play interaction. It consists of a checklist coordinating with the nurse's role play card and should be used by the examiner to assess the role play.

(Please adapt the checklist to match your goals & context)

This is the role card for the examiner who will evaluate the nurse's role play interaction. It consists of a checklist coordinating with the nurse's role play card and should be used by the examiner to assess the role play.

(Please adapt the checklist to match your goals & context)

This is the role card for the examiner who will evaluate the nurse's role play interaction. It consists of a checklist coordinating with the nurse's role play card and should be used by the examiner to assess the role play.

(Please adapt the checklist to match your goals & context)

This is the role card for the examiner who will evaluate the nurse's role play interaction. It consists of a checklist coordinating with the nurse's role play card and should be used by the examiner to assess the role play.

(Please adapt the checklist to match your goals & context)

This is information sourced from ChatGPT on medicines for nausea during chemotherapy, possible side effects, and how the patient should look after themself at home after discharge.

This is an image from ChatGPT to help the students understand the patient case, as well as simulated vital sign and blood test results for a patient making a successful recovery. (To challenge the students' critical thinking, some test results could be changed so that the nurses can consider what to do in that situation.