A patient details the compassionate support that she received from an oncology nurse while receiving back-to-back treatments for cancer.
Extraordinary Healer® Vol. 15
With the Extraordinary Healer ® Award for Oncology Nursing, we at CURE® present our readers with a unique opportunity each year to honor oncology nurses who have helped guide them through the cancer experience. This year, many patients, survivors, caregivers and health professionals submitted inspirational essays describing the compassion, expertise and helpfulness that these special nurses exhibited.
We have compiled their tributes in Extraordinary Healers®: CURE ® Readers Honor Oncology Nurses, Volume 15, which celebrates the extraordinary men and women who make a difference in patients’ lives. Coupled with compelling photography, these moving stories of oncology nurses are told in CURE® readers’ own words.
A patient describes a nurse manager he met while receiving treatment who he looked forward to seeing every day despite being busy with her daily duties.
A patient details the peace he felt in the presence of his oncology nurse while receiving treatment for bladder cancer.
A doctor from the department of radiation oncology at Emory’s Clifton Campus describes a nurse at her institution who goes “above and beyond” her call of duty by training her colleagues and making her patients feel comfortable.
A fellow nurse describes how her colleague is a healing presence to not only her patients but also the clinical team.
A nurse practitioner strives to provide tailored care to children with cancer and their families when they are receiving treatment and supportive services.
A doctor describes a nurse’s ability to make his job rewarding and efficient, which he said can be a rare quality in a partner.
A colleague describes a nurse’s aim to not only provide the best care for her patients but also be a continuous student of health care.
Having a daughter with cancer can be difficult, but having a nurse by your side guiding your daughter and yourself throughout the journey can make things a little less stressful.
A colleague describes the RN coordinator at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven Hospital as the rock that patients need during their cancer treatment.
A caregiver recognizes the oncology nurse that cared for her father when he received cancer treatment at the place he used to work.
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