Rosanne Casal on Sending Patients With Cancer Through the Emergency Room
Rosanne Casal, MSN, APN-BC, AOCNP, of University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center discusses why patients with cancer should not be sent through the emergency room.
Rosanne Casal, MSN, APN-BC, AOCNP, of University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center discusses why patients with cancer should not be sent through the emergency room.
Patients with cancer- or chemotherapy-related symptoms often get triaged to the emergency room. This is the least cost-effective solution and could end up being the msot harmful to the patients. Waiting a long time near infectious patients can be dangerous to many patients with cancer. Additionally, 53% - 60% of patients with cancer who go through the emergency room end up being readmitted.
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).
