Joanne McGovern on Encouraging Nurses to Lead Research Projects
Joanne McGovern, MSN, RN, CCRN, offers some tips on how to encourage nurses to create and implement their own research projects.
Joanne McGovern, MSN, RN, CCRN, Chief Nursing Officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Eastern Regional Medical Centers, discusses how to encourage nurses to get involved with research.
For younger nurses, research can be folded into their schoolwork easily, but the opportunity should be encouraged for veteran nurses as well. It's important for nurses to witness how the innovation they explore can have a direct impact on practice. Assigning a mentor within the nursing staff who has research experience also can help nurses as they move through the steps of the research project.
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).
