Melanie Rabbets
Melanie Rabbets is an Oncology Nurse Practitioner at Blacktown Cancer and Haematology Centre in Sydney, Australia. I completed a Master’s Degree as Nurse Practitioner in 2020. My oncology career spans over 23 years, first as a chemotherapy nurse, then as a thoracic oncology clinical nurse consultant and currently as Oncology Nurse Practitioner. I am particularly interested in all areas of supportive care, My focus of care is on improvement in quality of life, therefore symptom management is a very large part of my everyday work. I believe that although I cannot alter a patient’s outcome, I can help smooth the path. My philosophy is to learn something new every day and I have continued learning and professional development throughout my career. I am a member of the International Thoracic Oncology Nurse Forum, the Australia and New Zealand Lung Cancer Nurses Forum (ANZ-LCNF), Thoracic Oncology Group Australia (TOGA), American Society Clinical Oncology (ASCO), International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), and Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), and The Australian College of Nurse Practitioners. I have participated in national and international webinars and conferences to share knowledge with and build capacity in lung cancer nurses.
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