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In 2006 my team was working on a documentary on great nurses. One of the nurses was this pediatric cancer nurse who was so dedicated and so involved in each of his patients. He got in a room with each of them and spoke to them as though they were the only patients he had. At one point during the interview in a car, he broke down just a bit. The stress he was under. The feelings he had hidden as he went to work each day.
Pediatric cancer is a life-threatening illness and nurses who work in this field experience a high level of emotional distress as they care for children who are undergoing difficult and painful treatments. Here are some reasons why working as a pediatric cancer nurse is so difficult.
Caring for children with cancer can be emotionally and psychologically challenging for nurses. Pediatric cancer is a life-threatening illness and nurses deal with the grief, fear and the sadness of families who are struggling to cope with their child's diagnosis and treatment.
Children with cancer often require complex and intensive medical care, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and stem cell transplants. This requires specialized knowledge and expertise from nurses who work in pediatric oncology and the strain on the children and their families is palpable as we saw in the hospital each day we visited him..
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In 2006 my team was working on a documentary on great nurses. One of the nurses was this pediatric cancer nurse who was so dedicated and so involved in each of his patients. He got in a room with each of them and spoke to them as though they were the only patients he had. At one point during the interview in a car, he broke down just a bit. The stress he was under. The feelings he had hidden as he went to work each day.
Pediatric cancer is a life-threatening illness and nurses who work in this field experience a high level of emotional distress as they care for children who are undergoing difficult and painful treatments. Here are some reasons why working as a pediatric cancer nurse is so difficult.
Caring for children with cancer can be emotionally and psychologically challenging for nurses. Pediatric cancer is a life-threatening illness and nurses deal with the grief, fear and the sadness of families who are struggling to cope with their child's diagnosis and treatment.
Children with cancer often require complex and intensive medical care, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and stem cell transplants. This requires specialized knowledge and expertise from nurses who work in pediatric oncology and the strain on the children and their families is palpable as we saw in the hospital each day we visited him..
youtu.be/3j2kTagZxK0
