Jeannine Brant, PhD, Billings Clinic, discusses the benefits of patient-reported outcomes in cancer care.

Here, she mentions an example of a patient who was a rectal cancer survivor and an avid runner. The patient had to quit the sport because whenever she would run, she would get severe diarrhea. However, she never discussed this with her nurses and doctor until she used Carevive, a system that lets patients log and rate any side effects that occur so that they can be brought up at medical appointments and addressed.

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Jeannine Brant, PhD, Billings Clinic, discusses the benefits of patient-reported outcomes in cancer care. 


Jeannine Brant on the Benefits of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Jeannine Brant, PhD, APRN, AOCN, oncology clinical nurse specialist, nurse scientist, Billings Clinic, shares her thoughts on how palliative care will be integrated in the future.

Brant says at the Billings Clinic, the supportive care team and the palliative care team are one and the same. The team manages patients with cancer by building a relationship during their visits and helping them during any transitions in their treatment, Brant says. Having the patient’s nurses and physicians provide palliative care throughout treatment is the best model for success.

Brant says this model can also transfer to other disease states such as heart failure or neurological disorders.

Jeannine Brant Discusses the Future of Palliative Care

Jeannine Brant, PhD, APRN, AOCN, oncology clinical nurse specialist, nurse scientist, Billings Clinic, discusses the best way to integrate palliative care and what role the nurse can play in palliative care.

Brant says a team approach is needed in order to have a successful palliative care approach. The team of medical professionals needs to help develop standards and guidelines to set a framework for practice.

Everyone in the team ends up learning from each other, Brant says. At the Billings Clinic supportive care team meeting, each member discusses patients as a team to develop the best approach. Brant also mentions it is important to recognize the value of every team member.

Nurses often end up being the drivers of some of these processes because they are skilled at putting teams together and developing standards and structures, Brant says. Nurses often have a strong leadership role for implementing palliative care practices.

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