News Archive: Page 6 of 24
Meet Mark Kocsis – St. Joseph’s first-ever de Souza Nurse Associate
The last few years in Mark Kocsis’ life have been busy, to say the least. Kocsis graduated from Ryerson University’s nursing program in June 2017, and by November of that year, had begun his career on the Medicine, Oncology and Palliative Care (6M) unit at St. Joseph’s Health Centre. All the while, Kocsis was fueling … Read more
Spotlight: Recognizing the Contribution of de Souza Chemotherapy Regional Facilitators
Every year, hundreds of nurses across Canada participate in the de Souza Provincial Standardized Chemotherapy and Biotherapy course to enhance their knowledge and practice in chemotherapy and biotherapy administration. What makes this course unique is the up-to-date interactive online learning, a direct link to provincial and national chemotherapy practice guidelines, and an in-person workshop on … Read more
de Souza Institute to use Artificial Intelligence in Latest Effort to Support Cancer Patients
TORONTO, ON – de Souza Institute is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $247,000 research grant to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool to enhance online psychosocial services for cancer patients. Drs. Yvonne Leung and Mary Jane Esplen lead the project that is supported by an interdisciplinary team with investigators from the … Read more
de Souza Interprofessional Competency Framework Published
As the demand in cancer care continues to increase, health systems require a workforce of highly educated specialists and generalists to provide the continuity of care across settings. To help address this need, de Souza Institute initiated an interdisciplinary working group to develop a competency framework with relevance across regulated cancer care health professionals. The de Souza … Read more
National Nursing Week and National Hospice Palliative Care Week 2019
With each and every shift, nurses deliver critical care to their patients, provide emotional support to families and friends, and work with the care team and community partners to coordinate care delivery. It would be impossible to imagine what life and our community would be like without nurses. This week is not only Nursing Week … Read more
Cheryl Page, de Souza APN Fellowship Project published by the Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal
Congratulations to Cheryl Page who achieved her de Souza APN designation in 2018. Her designation fellowship project “Evaluating the effectiveness of a mnemonic to guide staff when providing patient education to autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients”, is published by the Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal in April 2019. Read more at: http://canadianoncologynursingjournal.com/index.php/conj/article/view/982