Putting the patient first at CANO
Stephanie and I travelled to Quebec City from October 26th to 29th to attend the 26th Annual Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO) conference. The theme of this year’s conference was Patient Engagement and given that patients are at the heart of all that we do and that oncology nurses are critical stakeholders in delivering patient-centric cancer care, we felt this this would be a good fit and excellent learning opportunity for us.
With over 600 oncology nurses from across the country in attendance at CANO, it was clear that they are very eager to share with and learn from one another. We noticed that regardless of the topic of the many symposia that were offered, attendance was always virtually at capacity, even in the early morning hours, indicating that even if the disease area did not directly apply to a given nurse’s practice, their commitment and willingness to learn was certainly present. (more…)
