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May 6 2008 Radiation Medicine nurses honored during National Nurses Week, May 2008
Tuality/OHSU Cancer Center announced Jean R. Moseley, RN, MN, is now the center's new patient advocate. In this role, she helps patients and their families manage many life-issues impacted by cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Moseley provides guidance and assistance with counseling, education, advocacy, home-care planning, referrals to community resources, and more.
"I really work to establish trusting relationships and help people find the right path during a very difficult time," said Moseley, who is a breast cancer survivor herself. "I am someone who can acknowledge what's going on for them and help them make sense of it."
Moseley brings extensive experience in cancer care and research to the role. Prior to stepping aside from nursing in 2005, she served as the nurse coordinator for developing and implementing the Legacy Breast Health Centers at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Legacy Meridian Park Hospital. In the early 1970s, she served in oncology-related positions with several organizations and hospitals.
At Tuality/OHSU Cancer Center, she gets to know the patients and their families, and then finds out if they comprehend the diagnosis and the implications of how the illness and treatment may impact their lives.
"Cancer happens in addition to everything else in life," Moseley said. "People still have to pay their taxes, pick up their kids from school, get dinner on the table and go to work. I'm here to help smooth out the wrinkles. But sometimes those wrinkles become hurdles."
She said these hurdles might include depression or other psychological challenges, financial and insurance difficulties, end-of-life planning, and even transportation and lodging situations for people who must travel long distances for daily radiation treatments.
Tina Dickerson, director, Tuality/OHSU Cancer Center, said that in addition to Moseley's clinical experience, she brings a vast understanding of the resources and programs available to assist patients and their families during this time.
"Her experience is perfect for this position," said Dickerson. "Our staff feels very fortunate to have her here. And our patients and families are receiving a level of guidance that Jean is uniquely suited to provide."
A charter member of the national Oncology Nursing Society, Moseley said that after more than 30 years working on the treatment-team side, she finds the change and variety of challenges in the advocacy role personally fulfilling.
"No two patients are alike and no two days are alike," she said. "What I love about working at this center is that everyone believes in the same philosophy, and that's doing what is best for the patients."
Referenced from: Oregonlive.com
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