Donna Clark, RN, Mitchell Cancer Institute, discusses the difference that a caring oncology nurse can make for patients.

While all the certifications and medical knowledge is important, Clark says that it is the personal relationships that nurses have with their patients that have an enormous impact. By simply by saying “I care about you” to patients, nurses can make their patients feel much more comfortable.

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Donna Clark, RN, Mitchell Cancer Institute, discusses the difference that a caring oncology nurse can make for patients. 

Donna Clark on the Impact a Caring Oncology Nurse Can Make

Donna Clark, RN, Mitchell Cancer Institute, discusses what it was like to be a patient with endometrial cancer after more than two decades of being an oncology nurse.

As an oncology nurse, Clark knew the symptoms, such as fever and infection, to look out for as a patient. Also, by crossing into the patient realm, Clark, who is in remission and back to nursing, now has a better understanding of patients and their side effects, such as fatigue and bone pain since she is “one in the club.”

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