Caregiving

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.

As a caregiver for a patient with cancer, it can be an isolating experience. However, being around other caregivers can be a painful reminder of the sacrifices made along the 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.

Lynne O’Connor’s winning essay describes how Christine Santure, B.S.N., RN, OCN, is this year’s Extraordinary Healer winner by caring for the caregiver.

At a virtual event Sept. 17, CURE® also named Elizabeth Farrat, B.S.N., RN, CCRN-K, the winner of its first-ever Finest Hour Award for selfless achievements in care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a caregiver, you rarely have 10 seconds to think or reflect on anything, but with my husband gone now, I find myself looking back more than ever. There are so many things we did right, and so many things I’ll probably always feel unsure of.

I received a phone call that would alter the course of my life in ways that I couldn’t possibly have imagined. On the other end was my 27-year-old daughter and I sat dazed and confused as she tearfully said, “Mom … it’s cancer.”

In this episode of the “CURE Talks Cancer” podcast, we spoke with Aki Smith, founder of Hope for Stomach Cancer, about her journey as her father’s caregiver and what she hopes the organization offers for others affected by a stomach cancer diagnosis.

When people think of caregivers, they often think of adults taking care of their elderly family members, but that is not the reality for many adolescents and young people who are forced into distressful situations when loved ones are diagnosed with cancer.

In this week’s episode of the “CURE Talks Cancer” podcast, we spoke with breast cancer survivor Felicia Robinson, who recently wrote a book with her daughter on their personal experiences with the various aspects of a life-changing diagnosis.

For National Family Caregivers Month, here’s a round-up of the latest news and updates that focus on the friends and family members that take up the role of caregiver when their loved ones need them most.