Meena Moran on Nurses and Nurse Navigators as Part of Multidisciplinary Care
Meena Moran discusses the importance of nurses and nurse navigators when treating patients with cancer through a multidisciplinary approach.
Meena Moran, MD, from the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven highlights the importance of nurses and nurse navigators as part of multidisciplinary care.
It is the nurses who form a strong connection and provide support for patients. This connection is vital when gathering information that contributes to a patient’s decision making. Nurse navigators also support the patient and reinforce recommendations from oncologists.
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).
