I joined Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2001 and became a clinical nurse specialist in 2011. My primary role is to educate staff nurses about aspects of disease-specific patient care, standards of care, and hospital initiatives. Over the past several years, we have educated and trained staff in caring for adults undergoing bone marrow transplantation, and in caring for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma.
I worked closely with clinical nurse specialists and others creating a two-day educational program to enhance the understanding of nurses caring for patients with blood cancers who are undergoing (or have undergone) a bone marrow transplant.
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In addition, I have been team leader in developing a new standard of care at Memorial Sloan Kettering for patients with central venous access devices, and for the prevention of central line-associated blood stream infections. In addition to this and to assisting in creating new nursing policies, my group educates nurses in the divisions of Acute Care, Critical Care, and Pediatric Nursing.