Oncology Concentration
The Oncology concentration is designed to provide current MSN students with a foundation of knowledge and skill for an advanced practice nursing role in the care of adults with cancer.
The concentration is open to students in the Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, and Family Nurse Practitioner specialties. Students in the Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner- Primary Care, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner specialties must obtain permission from the concentration coordinator prior to applying to ensure placements are available. The concentration is not available to Nurse-Midwifery or Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner students.
Students are required to complete a series of didactic courses and a clinical experience. Opportunities for scholarly activities with faculty are available and encouraged. Students enroll in Principles of Advanced Oncology Practice,(NURS 6120), Principles of Advanced Oncology Practice, Advanced Management of Clinical Problems in Oncology courses (NURS 6130 and NURS 6131), and Clinical Practicum for Oncology Nurse Practitioners courses (NURS 6140 and NURS 6141) in their final year.
Questions or for more information, please contact:
Marianne J. Davies, DNP, MSN, RN, APRN, CNS-BC, ACNP-BC, AOCNP, FAAN
email: marianne.davies@yale.edu
phone: 203-737-1855
fax: 203-737-4480
Lecturer in Nursing, Marianne J. Davies, returns to Yale University with multiple years of graduate teaching experience at YSN, and has been involved at Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Cancer Center since 1983. In the past Davies has worked as an advanced oncology certified nurse. She is currently an acute care nurse practitioner, advanced oncology certified nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist in adult health.
She began her nursing education at Russell Sage College in 1983. She continued her education in New Haven, Conn., and received both her Masters and Post Master’s Certificate at YSN. Davies then pursued a Doctorate of Nursing Practice at the MGH Institute of Health Profession in Boston, Mass.
In addition to teaching, Davies has received various awards and honors. She is the recipient of Cogswell Award, Outstanding Student Leadership and Community Involvement, Yale-New Haven Hospital Medical Staff Patient Experience Recognition, the Ruth McCorkle Oncology Advanced Practice Provider: Yale Cancer Center and Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing. Davies also belongs to Sigma Theta Tau, the National Honor Society of Nursing, the Connecticut Nurse Practitioner Association, the Oncology Nursing Society and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Last summer, Davies spoke with Oncology Nursing News about how best to help patients with immune therapy side effects. Watch the video here.