|Articles|June 15, 2019

Pursuing Charlene's Dream

Oncology nursing is more than just a job to Barbara Bittner, RN, OCN.

Barbara Bittner, RN, OCN, is an oncology nurse navigator at AdventHealth in Florida. But to her, nursing is much more than just a career. Bittner cares deeply for all of her patients, and even helped establish Charlene's Dream, a resource center for women with cancer, after her friend and Colleague, Charlene, passed away from the disease.

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