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The patient care provided at the Duke Cancer Institute wouldn’t be possible without the efforts of the hundreds of nurses who work in our many specialty areas.

Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant       

The Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant (ABMT) unit is a 16-bed unit that cares for patients throughout the transplant continuum. The Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinic is best described as a day hospital. 

  • Nurses are active participants in the program's yearly patient reunion
  • In the past two years, nurses have presented over 10 papers at the ASBMT meeting

Clinical Research Nursing

Our research nurses work within our disease based programs that span the care continuum. They collaborate with others on the multidisciplinary team and serve as the clinical liaison between the principal investigator and clinical staff.

  • Nurses have published and presented posters on a variety of research-related topics

Inpatient Oncology

Our inpatient oncology nurses have the opportunity to work on either a 31-bed acute leukemia and lymphoma unit or on a 31-bed solid tumor unit. 

  • 25 nurses nominated for Friends of Nursing awards since 2009 and three winners of Strength, Hope, and Caring award since 2008

Oncology Clinics

Nurses in many of our clinics work in a primary care nursing model where nurses work with specific physicians and disease sites to provide consistent care to patients.

  • Active in Angels Among Us Walk, a fundraiser for brain tumor research

Oncology Treatment Center

The Oncology Treatment Clinic (OTC) is an outpatient, hospital-based infusion center that provides cancer therapies to adults with many different types of cancer or infusion services for non-oncology patients.

  • One of the nurses collaborated with the American Cancer Society and brought the “Road to Recovery” program back to Durham County
  • Staff participated in the development of disease-based groups (DBGs) for nurses to acquire more knowledge and deliver more expert and personalized care to patients
  • Nurses are active in professional organizations; one is the current president for the Triangle Oncology Nursing Society (TONS)
  • Part of multidisciplinary team to revise and update all patient education materials, including handouts and Chemotherapy Orientation Class materials

Radiation Oncology

Radiation oncology nurses at the Duke Cancer Institute practice in a primary care nursing model where nurses work with specific physicians and disease sites to provide consistent care to patients.

  • All of the radiation oncology nurses are part of the Oncology Nursing Society, and many are active in the local chapter
  • Many nurses have published papers, authored book chapters, and presented at local and national conferences

Duke Oncology Network

The Duke Oncology Network (DON) operates at eight clinical sites across North Carolina. Two nurse practitioners and 49 nurses are responsible for providing care at these affiliate locations.

  • 78 percent of all clinical site nurses and 100 percent of nurses who administer chemotherapy hold a current ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider Card
  • Nurses on staff publish articles and speak nationally and internationally about chemotherapy and safe drug handling
  • Community Memorial Healthcare Center Cancer & Specialty Clinic uses a relationship-centered nursing model.

Advanced Practice Nursing

Our master’s prepared advanced practice nurses serve as role models, educators, and mentors within the DCI. 

We have clinical nurse specialists who collaborate with our unit based leadership on practice, education and research initiatives and nurse practitioners that provide comprehensive care to our patients across the care continuum and in our breast survivorship clinic.

For further information about nursing opportunities, or to see our unit descriptions, please visit http://www.dukenursing.org.

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Updated: Jan. 17, 2012
Published: Sept. 2, 2011
URL: http://www.dukehealth.org/cancer/about/nursing/nursing-excellence-by-specialty-area