Fiona Sayer

fionasayer Fiona Sayer works in the outpatient department in a rural hospital in New Zealand and administers chemotherapy. She is a New Zealand registered comprehensive nurse with a diploma, a bachelor's degree in nursing, and a postgraduate certificate in Health Sciences. She is currently studying for her postgraduate diploma. --

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The Journey to Congress Continues

As you’re read­ing this, I am halfway across the Pacific Ocean on my way to the ONS 37th Annual Con­gress. I’m sure I am reflect­ing on the work and sup­port of the many who have got­ten me to this point. Arriv­ing in the United States on May 1, the start of Oncol­ogy Nurs­ing Month, is an extra bonus.

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The Journey to Congress Continues

Last week, I climbed a sig­nif­i­cant metaphor­i­cal moun­tain on my jour­ney as a speaker at the ONS 37th Annual Con­gress in New Orleans. The syl­labus slides are in, and the bib­li­og­ra­phy is com­plete. Now, all that remains is the refin­ing of my pre­sen­ta­tion and a flight across sev­eral hemispheres.

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Pay Attention to That Gut Feeling

Often, we have a gut feel­ing that some­thing just isn’t quite right with a patient. I believe that this instinct has evolved through the devel­op­ment of assess­ment skills, under­stand­ing patient responses, and inter­pret­ing cues such as body lan­guage. We need to lis­ten to that gut feel­ing when it comes to our own well-​​being too.

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New Goals and Challenges for 2012

I would like to wel­come any new RE:Connect read­ers, but par­tic­u­larly my col­leagues from the Waikato Dis­trict Health Board (DHB), who, thanks to the team at Vis­com, now have a direct link on the DHB intranet to RE:Connect and the ONS Con­nect web­site. I also extend this wel­come to all other new readers—welcome to you all!

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Christmas Greetings to All Who Have Allowed Me to Be Part of Their Journey

As an oncol­ogy nurse, it has been it is a great plea­sure and honor to be part of the jour­ney of so many peo­ple. And I mean many peo­ple — not only my patients and their whanau (fam­ily), but also my col­leagues, peers, and those of you whom I reach through this won­der­ful RE:Connect blog. I do hope all enjoy read­ing this as much as I enjoy writ­ing and sharing.

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