Kathleen Wolf on Navigating Difficult Conversations with Patients
Kathleen Wolf, RN, BSN, MBA, NEA-BC, discuss how nurses can tackle difficult conversations with patients.
Susan Cobb, PhD, RN-BC, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses how to approach difficult conversations as a nurse.
At Fox Chase Cancer Center, staff receive a Caring Behaviors educational segment that goes through one-to-one conversations with patients. This training covers how to be present in the conversations, eye-contact, touch, and communication. These techniques can be used during difficult conversations. There are also opportunities for ongoing education through other nurse mentors, and support from other specialists, including pastoral care.
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).
