Oncology nurse Megan English makes it a degree to assist all of her sufferers to the most effective of her capacity whereas being conscious of their greatest pursuits.
Megan English, RN, BSN, is an skilled oncology infusion nurse at Dana-Farber Most cancers Institute. She has been extremely dedicated to the care of oncology sufferers. I work along with her to look after sufferers with all phases of breast most cancers. She is extremely sort and compassionate with sufferers and has glorious medical judgment.
She is nice with communication with sufferers, their households and with the bigger oncology remedy workforce so that everybody is on the identical web page. She makes certain to both stroll over to speak in individual, or to ship a fast electronic mail to the affected person’s oncologist and superior apply supplier (APP), relying on the scenario, in order that there are not any miscommunications and in order that the affected person voice is heard, and she or he follows up to verify points are resolved.
Her care has been instrumental in managing many difficult medical conditions, the place she at all times has the affected person’s greatest pursuits at coronary heart. She has developed long-term relationships with sufferers, particularly these with metastatic breast most cancers, who steadily are handled for a few years and who type very shut bonds with Megan over time.
She has been an essential sounding board for sufferers and their households in terms of aspect impact evaluation and administration, however equally, she has usually been crucial in serving to to information sufferers as they make tough selections, reminiscent of transition to end-of-life care. Her sufferers completely adore her, and lots of request her particularly after they e book future infusion appointments.
As a testomony to the enduring affect she has on sufferers, she has been awarded the Dana-Farber Daisy Award, which is given to nurses who’ve exhibited skillful and compassionate care for his or her sufferers.
Moreover, as a part of a Salute to Nurses that was organized by the Boston Globe, one among her sufferers wrote, “Megan has been with me via my four-year most cancers journey. She is aware of all my anxiousness triggers and quirks, and how you can distract me from them. I really feel so comfy realizing she shall be taking good care of me. Regardless that my physician moved to the Chestnut Hill location, I nonetheless go to the Yawkey Middle for Most cancers Care simply to have therapies with Megan as my nurse. She’s sort, compassionate, humorous, and the most effective nurse anybody may have. I’m so grateful for her care and friendship.”
An Exemplary Nurse
Megan English, RN, exemplifies what it means to be an oncology nurse. She has been a crucial member of the nursing workforce at Dana-Farber Most cancers Institute for 10 years, specializing within the care of sufferers with breast most cancers. As an infusion nurse, she is tasked with serving to sufferers of their most weak moments: beginning a brand new chemotherapy routine, managing a hypersensitivity response, dealing with unhealthy information they simply acquired from their supplier and the record goes on. She does all of this and extra with compassion, grace and empathy.
She is a champion of major nursing, emphasizing continuity of care and duty acceptance for her sufferers. She stays extraordinarily balanced in her strategy to advocating for the wants of all sufferers in a considerate and lighthearted method.
Megan not solely soothes sufferers’ expertise, however she can be a liaison to different workers within the breast oncology division. Virtually instantly after becoming a member of Dana-Farber Most cancers Institute, she embraced extra management roles in our infusion unit as cost nurse, triage nurse and preceptor for brand new workers. She mentors new nurses with out criticism or judgment, hoping to instill in each nurse her splendid of patient-centered care.
She additionally has a degree of rapport with physicians and APPs within the breast oncology division that’s unmatched. She helps to orient new suppliers to the infusion unit, sharing with them the crucial function that infusion nursing performs within the shared care of our sufferers. On this method, she has turn out to be the “go-to” nurse on our unit for suppliers to debate affected person points, workflow logistics or sort out systemic wants. She participates in working teams to construct relationships amongst workforce members. She is considerate in her questions and her tone.
Megan is a cherished and invaluable member of our workforce. I might be hard-pressed to search out anybody who disagreed and can be devastated if our alternative to work collectively ended.
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