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Nursing and Patient Care

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    The Department of Nursing and Patient Care Services (NPCS) at Dana-Farber is committed to excellence and to compassionate patient- and family-centered care.

    Our multidisciplinary team model ensures that patients and their families are surrounded by highly skilled professionals who work together to craft individualized care for each patient and to facilitate access to clinical research that is on the cutting edge.

    Trish was everything you could possibly want in a nurse and then some. I have been blessed to have her in prior visits, and she has always been the same ... wonderful ... caring, attentive, listened to me.
    Dana-Farber patient

    Relationship-Based Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    In this video, Anne H. Gross, PhD, RN, senior vice president for Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer, a patient’s mother, and other members of the Nursing and Patient Care Services team discuss what relationship-based care means to them.

    Awards and Recognition

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has earned the Magnet Recognition Program® designation four times. The Magnet credential is conferred by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) — the nation's preeminent accreditation organization – for excellence in nursing service and practice.

    Dana-Farber is also one of approximately 5,400 health care facilities and schools of nursing in all 50 states and 35 other countries and territories that participate in the DAISY Award program, sponsored by the DAISY Foundation (Diseases Attacking the Immune System).

    Dana-Farber Receives 2023 Oncology Nursing Society Outstanding Employer Award

    Dana-Farber is the recipient of the 2023 Oncology Nursing Society Outstanding Employer Award. Each year, the Society recognizes one organization for its investment in advancing oncology nursing practice through research and evidence-based practice.

    Learn More About Nursing at Dana-Farber

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    Our Leadership Team

    Nursing and Patient Care Services leadership comprises associate chief nurses and directors who lead specific clinical areas or who have department-wide responsibilities.

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    Magnet Recognition Program

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has earned the Magnet designation four times since 2005, for excellence in nursing service and practice.

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    DAISY Award in Nursing

    Awarded four times a year at Dana-Farber, the DAISY Award recognizes the extraordinary work nurses do every day.

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    Oncology Nursing Residency Program

    Dana-Farber's Oncology Nursing Residency Program is a 12-month program that builds on the education and skills of new graduate nurses and prepares them to practice nursing in ambulatory oncology settings.

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    Cantor Center for Research in Nursing

    The mission of the Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services is to reduce the burden of cancer through scholarly inquiry and rigorous research.