Caregiving

Heather Badt, CSC’s Executive Director of the Research & Training Institute, recently shared her personal perspective as a former patient and caregiver with CURE® and expanded on how those who care for loved ones with cancer often face their own unique challenges and require specialized resources themselves

Nothing ever really ends, even when the treatment journey has wrapped up the memories of cancer are everywhere.

No matter how great the support system, care center or caregiver, it's nearly impossible for patients with cancer to fully share their experiences with those that don't understand. Which is why it's so important for patients to find peers to discuss their cancer with.

In this episode of the “CURE Talks Cancer” podcast, we spoke with a couple that has been married for 41 years about their journey as patient and caregiver during two bouts of triple-negative breast cancer. The couple, Janice and Rex Cowden, also give others facing similar situations advice on how to persevere together.

Oncology nursing can be an art form all to itself when nurses put their own spin on how to approach patients with cancer.

Oncology nurses provide a knowledgeable, reflective and thoughtful position for patients with cancer.

One patient shares their story of how her oncology nurse changed her cancer journey by being there with her every step of the way.

Oncology nurses not only give to their patients without reservations, but they also help their other nurses without reservations.

Oncology nurses have a special understanding of their patients and their patients' needs. One patient shares their story on how that special understanding made a major difference in her cancer journey.

Caregiving is a journey unto itself, and one that brings in its own nuances and challenges when caring for a family member with cancer regardless of your relationship to them.

Oncology nurses tend to the needs of patients with cancer with great care, but they also tend to the unspoken needs of their patients.

Oncology nurses are not just supporting for individual patients, but entire patient communities as well.

In this Extraordinary Healer® nomination essay, Alicia Castanon, M.S.N., OCN, APRN, FNP-C, proves herself as an exceptional teacher and oncology nurse.

Oncology nurses are the backbone of cancer care, and here's why they are cherished by patients and fellow nurses alike.

Oncology nurses become family not just with one another, but their patients as well.

On the cancer journey, oncology nurses are more than just a helping hand. They can be your second "mom" and guide you through the confusing parts.

Caregiving for a patient with cancer is a journey unto itself, and one that can have its own ramifications as well.

In this essay, a patient with cancer shares how her oncology nurse was a true comfort through the cancer journey and a true friend.

Oncology nurses are there for nearly every step of a patient's cancer journey, but along the way, they can help illuminate life's beauty.

An oncology nurse clinical leader details how one of her staff members brought out the best in those around her, patients and nurses alike.

A patient with multiple myeloma shares his story and how his oncology nurse has provided him with care and empathy on his cancer journey.

In this essay, a nurse colleague shows how extraordinary healer Deborah Austin Thompson is both an exceptional comforter and healer for patients with cancer.

On social media, CURE® recently asked its readers to share how an oncology nurse has helped them on their cancer journey.

Mary Schueller devoted her entire career to helping others with cancer, and the devotion she displayed to that cause is what makes her an extraordinary healer.

Oncology nurses are there for many moments on the cancer journey and can help champion important milestones that might otherwise go by unnoticed.

In the winning essay for the Finest Hour award, Evangelina SantaTeresa, CCRN, details how the human touch makes all the difference for award winner Elizabeth “Liz” Farrat, B.S.N., CCRN at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

You have a new cancer diagnosis that stops you in your tracks. You are sick, afraid, vulnerable and in pain when you come to the cancer center at Temple University Hospital. The first advocate you will meet on your cancer journey is your nurse navigator

In a finalist essay, Laurie Loe details why Vicki Dodson, B.S.N., RN, OCN, is an extraordinary healer and a great mentor.