Lisa Barbarotta, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCNS

Lisa Barbarotta, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCNS, of Smilow Cancer Center at Yale-New Haven Hospital, talks about how difficult it can be to explain myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) to patients who may never have heard about the condition before.

Effective communication can impact patient outcomes, and the patient perspective is critical in assessing these professional communicational skills.

Lisa Barbarotta, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCNS, discusses how nurses can explain to patients how important it is that they adhere to their oral anticancer medications.