Macmillan Nurse

Macmillan Nurse

A specialised oncology nurse in the UK who is funded from various sources, in particular by the Macmillan Cancer Support charity, and works alongside cancer and palliative care teams in hospitals, hospices or in outreach programmes.

Macmillan Nurse, minimum selection criteria 
• First-level nurse registration;
• 5+ years’ post-registration clinical experience, with at least 2 years in cancer or palliative care;
• A degree in either palliative care or oncology.
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BY YOUR SIDE The relationship between a Macmillan nurse and their patient is an important one.
Offering 40 years of strength and support; Macmillan nurses have been looking after those diagnosed with cancer for 40 years; as survival rates improve the role is evolving and as well as medical help they are also providing information and support
LAST Tuesday was International Nurses Day, and marked 40 years since the very first Macmillan nurse was appointed.
Macmillan nurses' vital role for 40 years; NOSTALGIA LETTERS&
TUESDAY May 12 is International Nurses Day, and 2015 marks 40 years since the very first Macmillan nurse was appointed.
Time to thank Macmillan nurses for 40 years; Letters
They aim to be a source of support, helping with all the things people affected by cancer want and need which is why this year's employee fundraising campaign at npower is to raise PS203 each - the equivalent of funding a Macmillan nurse for a day.
Macmillan & npower: CHANGING LIVES FOR THE BETTER
Through the project, the father-oftwo has been supported by Louise Pickering, the Macmillan Nurse Primary Care in Llangollen, and Jennifer Jones, the Macmillan Cancer Support Worker based in Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
'Macmillan has been there for me'
My late cousin was a dedicated Macmillan nurse herself, providing a range of vital support to people affected by cancer every day.
They worked for us... We catch up with Macmillan's celebrity supporters who tell us what the charity has done for them and their families..
Mike's wife Jean, 53, has worked as a Macmillan nurse at Llandough Hospital for eight years.
Around Wales: Vale of Glamorgan
The father-of-two has been supported by Louise Pickering, the Macmillan nurse primary care in Llangollen, and Jennifer Jones, the Macmillan cancer support worker based in Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
'I never felt as though I was alone' Prostate cancer sufferer praises the vital work of Macmillan nurses to help him battle the disease
Former Macmillan nurse Darryl Earnshaw who was diagnosed with cancer herself and used Macmillan Cancer Care >
Nurse tells of her very own battle with cancer
But my partner's granddad died of cancer five years ago, and he was never able to have a Macmillan nurse because we have so few in the city.
Wedding fayre to help tackle cancer
He had been cared for by a Macmillan nurse, who former councillor Nan, of Glenrothes, said had been "invaluable".
A coined donation
The first Macmillan nurse teams were established in 1975.
CANCER: the facts

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