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Article: A compass for the cancer journey: scientific, spiritual, and practical directives.(ARTICLES)
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- Oncology Nursing Forum
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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How might their lives be different, because there is a nurse to whom they turn? A nurse who helps them learn to light a candle, a nurse who helps them accept and trust their limitations, rebuild their strengths, and know, in the dark of winter, that their energy will return like the spring (adapted from Duerk, 1989, p. 103).
The legacy that continues through the Mara lectureship is a wonderful gift. In preparation for this presentation, I reflected on my 31-year career in cancer nursing, the thousands of patients I have had the privilege to care for, and the journey that has led me to this place. It is a long way from a childhood in Kansas. Who would have thought ...