Navigating Your Cancer Journey: A Handbook for Cancer Patients and Caregivers by an Oncology Nurse Navigator - Softcover

Jenny Marais

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1457545233 ISBN 13: 9781457545238

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Navigating your Cancer Journey is a book that dares to understand the unique challenges that exist for cancer patients and caregivers at home, during treatment. This book was written by an oncology nurse navigator to empower cancer patients and caregivers with knowledge on topics like:

Financial Resources · Exercise and the Cancer Patient · Nutrition · Complementary and Alternative Therapies · Clinical Trials · Self Help · Cancer Medications · Medical Insurance · What is Cancer Anyway? · Cancer and Sexuality · End of Life Counseling · Care for the Caregivers · How to travel with cancer · Survivorship and more...

The compassion and understanding with which Marais writes feels like a warm, calming hug from a beloved best friend. Her obvious and refreshing belief in the power of the patient takes center stage and is solidified through eloquently penned patient stories that bring home the message: You are not alone. Marais is a natural writer whose descriptions gently move the reader from one vivid landscape to another with ease and grace. We sincerely hope she continues to put pen to paper!

Angela Wade

Dog Ear Publishing Editor

Jenny Marais RN, BN, OCN obtained her Associate of Nursing Degree in South Africa in 1988 at the age of 21. She has years of experience working with cancer patients. She has a Bachelor's of Nursing Degree through a distance learning program from the University of Dundee in Scotland, and is Oncology Nurse Certified in the USA. She has applied her 27 plus years of nursing experience to the world of Oncology nursing, where she shares her insight into the complexity of cancer care in the USA.

Jenny is tri-cultural having called Zimbabwe, South Africa and the USA, home. She has been married to Robert for 27 years and has 2 children and 4 grandchildren. Nursing is a passion that runs in her family, and both her twin sister Gilly, and daughter Lucy, are both RNs living and working in the USA.

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Review

Winner of the Literary Classics Seal of Approval May 2016"A cancer diagnosis can be devastating for those receiving it as well as their loved ones. But now, more than ever, there is so much hope for cancer patients. Author Jenny Marais is an oncology nurse navigator who offers an enlightening and refreshing perspective on the cancer patient's journey to healing. Marais provides encouragement, along with honest, practical guidelines for patients and caregivers as they face the unknowns of cancer. Marais addresses a multitude of highly relevant points, education and enlightening readers as she dissects topics in a way that brings a comfortable familiarity, effectively whisking away patient's and caregiver's fear of the unknown.Sometimes you don't know what you don't know until you know it. Marais' comprehensive guidebook touches on subjects which may often be overlooked in relation to the cancer treatment process. With an optimistic, common sense tone she offers comfort through providing a wealth of information which is best known upfront. Eliminating the dreaded surprises which can often compound the stress brought on by cancer, she helps readers prepare for and face their cancer journey intrepidly.Navigating your Cancer Journey is highly recommended for home and school libraries, and in clinical settings. This book is a must read for patients and caregivers and has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval."

Winner of the Dog Ear Publishing Award of Literary Excellence"The compassion and understanding with which Marais writes feels like a warm, calming hug from a beloved best friend. Her obvious and refreshing belief in the power of the patient takes center stage and is solidified through eloquently penned patient stories that brings home the message You are not alone. Marais is a natural born writer whose descriptions gently move the reader from one vivid landscape to another with ease and grace. We sincerely hope she continues to put pen to paper!"Angela WadeDog Ear Publishing

Edition details

• Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1457545233
• ISBN 13: 9781457545238
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 190