Beth Dailey on Helping Nurses Work Smarter, Not Harder
Beth Dailey, BSN, RN, OCN, HN-BC, from Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Eastern Regional Medical Center (ERMC), discusses how suggestions from nurses helped a merged clinic staff work smarter.
Beth Dailey, BSN, RN, OCN, HN-BC, from Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Eastern Regional Medical Center (ERMC), discusses how suggestions from nurses helped a merged clinic staff work smarter.
After the specialty and oncology clinics merged at ERMC, the two staffs were still doing things differently. This prompted a council, which solicited suggestions, ideas, and thoughts from the nurses by asking them to consider "Why do you do the things you do?" The council reviewed the suggestions and made effective changes from them.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
November 12th 2019Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
March 23rd 2016Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
Kimberly J. Van Zee on Nomograms Helping in DCIS Treatment Decision-Making
March 18th 2016Kimberly J. Van Zee, MS, MD, FACS, attending surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the institution's newly-developed nomogram that can help women make treatment decisions about ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
