Onco Hero Spotlight: Rae Norrod, MS, RN, AOCN, CNS
Meet Rae Norrod (MS, RN, AOCN, CNS) a Manager in the Oncology Service Line at Kettering Health in Ohio.
Overtreatment near the End of Life: 3 Tips from an Oncology Research Nurse
Since cancer treatment can seem like a fast-moving medical train, it’s easy to lose focus on both. Focusing only on a patient’s body can too often result in the neglect of their soul. As the train approaches the end of our earthly life, it is vitally important to address the needs of our cancer patient’s souls.
When Divorce Clashes with Cancer Treatment: 3 Ways to Help
Even the most amicable divorce can be debilitating. Add a cancer diagnosis to the mix and you have cancer patients whose quality of care and quality of life can be adversely affected
Driving Home from Work: a Devotional on Casting Your Cares on the Lord
The heaviness of working with cancer patients typically does not catch up with me until I’m in my car driving home from work.
Onco Hero Spotlight: Chris Buck, MS, RN. OCN
Meet Chris Buck a Nurse Coordinator Oncology Research at Overlook Medical Center in Summit NJ.
Prayer for My Medical Team
Dear God, Place your mighty hand on my medical team. Let them seek your way and your wisdom in all things regarding the people they treat.
Prayer for First Chemotherapy
Dear Lord, Be with me as I face my first cancer treatment. Give my oncologist your discernment not his to pick the kind of chemo that will take this cancer from my body once and forever more.
Prayer for Being Diagnosed with Cancer
Lord, You know what is needed here. You know where each and every cancer cell is in my body and you know how to remove them.
Prayer for Nurses and Staff
Greg Holder, the pastor at The Crossing in Chesterfield, MO, leads us through a prayer for oncology workers.
Prayer for Palliative and Hospice Workers
Pastor Andrew Kasper leads us in prayer for those working in hospice and palliative care.
Prayer for Oncologists
Join Val Mace, from Heritage Singers and 4CancerWellness, as she prays for oncologists.
Prayer for Cancer Biopsy
Hear me Oh Lord, I hunger for you to have the test from this biopsy come back clean- completely cancer free. If there is any cancer in me now, tear it from my body and leave me cancer free until the end of time.
Covid-19 and the Rise of Cancer Diagnosis
Kristi Davis, an otherwise healthy 45-year-old woman and single mother of 4, was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in January. Her experience has been somewhat different than previous years due to Covid-19.