"I'm not being serviced; I'm being cared for": A mixed methods study of patients' and nurses' perceptions of community oncology nursing delivered by a Community Intervention Team.

Purpose: Many patients do not have access to community oncology nursing care in a primary setting and are completely reliant on tertiary hospital care. The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of oncology patients' and nurses' perceptions of community oncology nursing, delivered by an urban Community Intervention Team (CIT) in Ireland.

Methods: A descriptive, concurrent mixed methods approach was used which included semi-structured interviews with 14 oncology patients and an online survey of 27 hospital and community nurses.