Samantha Ganey Aquino Discusses Pain Management
Samantha Ganey Aquino, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, discusses pain management for patients with cancer.
Samantha Ganey Aquino, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, from Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses pain management for patients with cancer.
Many patients are quiet about pain, Aquino says, and take it as a given that cancer will cause them pain.
Aquino recommends that all nurses take advantage of every encounter with a patient and ask how he or she is feeling and verbalize that you care about his or her pain.
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).
