Special Care Team

Specialized nursing that provides support and nursing services to individuals diagnosed with cancer who are receiving active treatment, or patients with life threatening infections who are receiving highly technical care at home.

Instruction and Supervision provided for:

Education about the illness and treatment plan
Side effects of treatment
Symptom management
Pain control

Staff:

Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists
Oncology Certified Nurses
IV Certified Nurses
Chemotherapy Certified Nurses

Why refer to the VNA Special Care Team?

Increase patient knowledge of disease process and treatment through education
Prevention of complications by early interventions
Oncology nurses are on-call 24/7 to help with questions and problems
Symptom management
Patient/Family counseling and support