Terry Pody on Ensuring the Appropriate Level of Care Post-Discharge
Terry Pody, MSN, RN, NE-BC, explains how nurses can ensure that a patient goes to the right point of care after they have been discharged.
Terry Pody, MSN, RN, NE-BC, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, explains how nurses can ensure that a patient goes to the right point of care after they have been discharged.
Many patients are eager to go right home upon their discharge. However, they are not always strong or well enough. The post-discharge phone call is essential for the nurse to be able to determine whether a patient may need home care or perhaps even a rehabilitation center. Ensuring that a patient goes to the appropriate level of care after their discharge is the best way for nurses to prevent readmissions.
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).
