Eric Vachon on a Self-Intervention for Compassion Fatigue in Nurses
Eric Vachon, BSN, PhD candidate, Michigan State University, discusses the necessity of self-intervention for nurses to combat compassion fatigue.
Eric Vachon, BSN, PhD candidate, Michigan State University, discusses the necessity of self-intervention for nurses to combat compassion fatigue.
When dealing with cancer, a lot of difficult emotions and stress can come up. These can effect the healthcare providers as much as the patients in some cases. However, providers often do not have many resources to help. An intervention using cyber-meditation gives providers a strategy to release stress and reduce compassion fatigue and, therefore, burn-out.
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).
