How Times have changed
Early in her nursing studies, she experienced the loss of family members due to cancer.
Because of this, she was keen to learn everything she could and specialized in oncology.
She really felt called to work in this area.
As she looks back on her career, it is amazing how treatments have changed and evolved.
She is so glad that pain and symptom management are so much better these days. She is also grateful for all of her hard-working staff and volunteers and to be here on this new unit which feels so homelike to her.
When she had a management job with no contact with patients or families, she missed that personal contact and was eager to take on a new job which allowed her to help and interact with them again.
She loves supporting the patients, families, and her staff.
She worked during the pandemic on COVID units and knows how hard the staff worked and the toll it took on them during that time.
She loves being here on the new unit and is grateful for all of the medical and other innovations that have made palliative care so much better than it was when she started in this field.
