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Beebe Medical Center Names Cancer Screening Nurse Navigator
09/27/10
Kathy Cook, MSN, RN, has been appointed Cancer Screening Nurse Navigator for Beebe Medical Center.
Mrs. Cook's primary focus is on improving survival through early diagnosis and treatment. She does this by encouraging people throughout the community to have cancer screenings done in compliance with American Cancer Society guidelines. She educates people about the importance of screenings of colon, breast, prostate, and cervical cancers. When necessary, she helps people access financial, transportation, translation and other related resources.
We know that people can perhaps have better outcomes if their cancer is diagnosed in an early stage and treatment is started immediately, she says.
Mrs. Cook reaches to individuals through partnerships with various community organizations, churches and schools. She also has initiated the Early Detection Connection campaign which reaches out to physicians and offers case management services to their patients who are in need of screenings they cannot afford. The Cancer Screening Nurse Navigator role is part of an outreach effort by the Delaware Cancer Consortium to control and, when possible, eliminate cancer in Delaware.
Mrs. Cook earned her associate's degree in nursing and her master's degree in nursing with a focus on Health Promotion and Wellness from Wesley College in Dover. Before joining Beebe Medical Center, she worked as a nurse at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford and taught courses in nursing at Wesley College.
Mrs. Cook is based at Tunnell Cancer Center and works closely with the oncology staff. She reports to Judith Ramirez, EdD, Manager of Psychosocial Services and Outreach at Tunnell Cancer Center.
For more information on cancer screening, please call Mrs. Cook at (302) 645-3169, or email her at kcook@bbmc.org
Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a charitable mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at www.beebemed.org
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