Careers
NET nurses: supporting patients confused by their rare cancer diagnosis
Macmillan lead cancer nurse
‘Never lose sight of the person within your patient’
Career advice
Trust hopes chance of overseas work experience will encourage nurses to stay
London’s Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is in talks with similar hospitals in Australia to set up an exchange programme for nursing staff. Lynne Pearce spoke to trust chief nurse Eamonn Sullivan
Nurse with a zest for life – and a passion for palliative care
A student placement in a hospice ignited a passion for palliative care that has never left nurse Beth Hawkins, who years later has returned to the same hospice as a ward sister
The benefits of being a Macmillan nurse
From leadership and mindfulness to career coaching, Macmillan Cancer Support offers nurses a wealth of learning and development opportunities, writes Lynne Pearce.
Caring for yourself when you are the patient
Being a nurse doesn’t give immunity from long-term illness: points to consider after being diagnosed
Improving care through a clinical nurse researcher role
Oncology clinical trials nurse Julia Jonasi tells Ann Dix why she loves her job – and its importance to patient care.
Study highlights link between unfairness and staff sickness
Work dissatisfaction can affect health, recruitment and retention
My job
NET nurses: supporting patients confused by their rare cancer diagnosis
‘Even healthcare professionals don’t know enough about neuroendocrine cancers’
Macmillan lead cancer nurse
Jane Pickard thrives on the chance to influence the future of cancer services
‘Never lose sight of the person within your patient’
Jane Billing, lead for a urology oncology nurse specialist service, talks about her job
‘I knew oncology was my passion and I have never looked back’
Lead research nurse Julie Duncan explains her passion for cancer nursing
My job: Macmillan hepato-pancreato-biliary clinical nurse specialist
Vicki Stevenson-Hornby on being an advocate for a specialist cancer patient group
My job: clinical nurse specialist
Millicent Blake-McCoy qualified as a primary school teacher, but the pull of nursing was too strong