Johns Hopkins Patient Guide T (Johns Hopkins Patient's Guide) (Johns Hopkins Medicine) - Softcover

Nita Ahuja MD FACS; JoAnn Coleman DNP MA ACNP AOCN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763774588 ISBN 13: 9780763774585

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett, 2011

Synopsis

The Johns Hopkins Patients Guide to Pancreatic Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining pancreatic cancer treatments from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you to put together your plan of care. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

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About the Author

JoAnn Coleman, DNP, RN, ACNP, AOCN is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked with patients with pancreas cancer for over 25 years guiding them through diagnosis, treatment and supportive care.'Her particular interests are in oncogeriatric surgery and palliative care.'She has contributed to the professional nursing literature as well as collaborated on numerous surgical oncology articles. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society, the Oncology Nursing Society, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the American College of Nurse Practitioners, and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.'Ms. Coleman is a former President and Board member of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation and board member of the American Board of Nursing Specialties.Ms. Coleman is a graduate of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing and a Masters in Adulthood and Aging. She received a Masters in Nursing from the University of Maryland, completed a Post Masters Nurse Practitioner Program in Adult and Acute Care and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.'She also holds a bachelor’s degree in education from Towson University and a bachelor’s degree as a nurse paralegal from Stevenson University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763774588
• ISBN 13: 9780763774585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164