Community and Oral Health

With more than 360 cancer care nurses in Metro North, it's important to have a strong backbone behind them - and our ultimate sweet duo, Em and Em, are just two of our nurses' biggest supporters!

Both cancer care nurses themselves, Emilly (left) and Emma (right) are now working in roles to educate our nurses on best practice, clinical trials and patient care innovations to ensure our staff feel supported and our patients get top level care.

Nurse Educator Emilly says her role training new and existing cancer care nurses is not just focussed on clinical practice, but looks at the human side of the role.

"Those that stay in cancer care nursing are the people who help patients find and seek little joys in the day, so it's not just clinical practice, it's teaching how to care for people," she said.

Acting Nurse Researcher Emma is looking at improving care needs for CAR-T cell patients in an acute hospital setting, which will then ultimately form part of nurse education.

"It's acknowledging what the patients are experiencing and how we can better support them, as nurses we follow protocols but it's just as important that we listen to the patient and then get that evidence on how best to care for them," she said.

#ShoutoutSaturday to Em and Em, and our cancer care nursing cohort at MN. 🫶 ... See MoreSee Less