{"id":475,"date":"2018-11-19T12:13:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T01:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdh.net.au\/?post_type=services_list&#038;p=475"},"modified":"2022-07-21T16:23:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T06:23:57","slug":"cancer-support-nurse","status":"publish","type":"services_list","link":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/services_list\/cancer-support-nurse\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Support Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cancer Support Nurse is a registered nurse who has undertaken additional education in cancer care and specialises in the support of people affected by cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Services provided:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assist patients to understand their diagnosis<\/li>\n<li>Supports patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment<\/li>\n<li>Provide information regarding treatment, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy.<\/li>\n<li>Explain specific tests the patient may need to undergo.<\/li>\n<li>Provide links between services to assist cancer patients to manage their diagnosis and treatment.<\/li>\n<li>Provide information and contacts for cancer services: locally, regionally and state-wide as necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate on behalf of the patient with the Doctors and other health providers to ensure the patient needs are met.<\/li>\n<li>Provide information on local support groups: Oncology Rehab Program, Look Good Feel Better Program, Wig Bank<\/li>\n<li>Attendance at Oncology Telemedicine appointments with the patient and carer available at Portland District Health.<\/li>\n<li>Provide cancer education for patients, community groups and health professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who can contact the Cancer\u00a0Support Nurse?\u00a0 &#8211; may be contacted directly by people with a cancer diagnosis, family members and care givers.<\/p>\n<p>No costs are associated with the service.<\/p>\n<p>The Portland District Health Cancer\u00a0Support Nurse is part of an established network of Cancer Link Nurses throughout the Barwon South West Region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Thursday &amp; Friday 09:00am \u2013 04:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office location<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Consulting Suite PDH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phone: (03) 5521 1410<\/p>\n<p>Fax: (03) 5521 0372<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referrals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All referrals for the Cancer Support Nurse are received via the intake team<\/p>\n<p>Phone: (03) 5521 0354<\/p>\n<p>Fax: (03) 5521 0372<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<u><a href=\"mailto:intake.pdh@swarh.vic.gov.au\">intake.pdh@swarh.vic.gov.au<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Receipt of all referrals will be acknowledged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services_list\/475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services_list"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/services_list"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdh.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}