My job
Harnessing the power of robotics allows me to retain the human touch
Royal Marsden theatre nurse Marie Taniacao on how her high-tech role enhances patient contact throughout the clinical pathway

Royal Marsden theatre nurse Marie Taniacao on how her high-tech role enhances patient contact throughout the clinical pathway
As a nurse training in the Philippines in the 1990s, Marie Taniacao dreamed of becoming a theatre nurse. But she had no idea then just how far her ambition would take her.
‘Being a nurse who is able to assist during surgery would have been beyond my imagination as a student,’ says Ms Taniacao. ‘Now I’m doing my dream job and it’s at a more advanced level than I could have ever anticipated. I never thought then that I would be able to reach this far.’
Earlier this year she became the first robotic nurse fellow at the
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