Kim Christen on Creating a Patient-Driven Protocol for the Specialty Pharmacy
Kim Christen, RN, BSN, OCN, of Kootenai Clinic Cancer Services discusses the process of creating a protocol for the onsite pharmacy at Kootenai that keeps patients at the center.
Kim Christen, RN, BSN, OCN, of Kootenai Clinic Cancer Services discusses the process of creating a protocol for the onsite pharmacy at Kootenai that keeps patients at the center.
A multidisciplinary team was gathered, including pharmacists, financial advisers, nurses, and navigators. Using Lean Six Sigma standards, this team established a protocol for the onsite specialty pharmacy. Most important in this process was ensuring that the physicians understood their role in the system, in the first steps of writing the prescriptions for the patients.
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).
