Andrea Cooke, RN
Cooke is a registered nurse with the breast cancer team at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. She received her Master of Science in nursing from McGill University, and subsequently worked on acute medical and surgical inpatient units. Since nursing school, she has had a passion for oncology and palliative care nursing, and in July 2007, she started working in the oncology clinic at the Jewish General Hospital. She is now the nurse navigator for breast cancer patients, helping support patients and families cope with the disease. Patients who are referred to her include individuals with little or no social support, mental health issues, and patients with young children. Ideally, she meets her patients at the time of diagnosis and supports them through curative treatments, recurrences, the stress of living with breast cancer as a chronic illness, and at the end of life. She works closely with an extensive interdisciplinary team and helps patients find the resources they need for their unique situations. In 2013, she received her certification in oncology nursing. She is presently working on a research project looking at women's experiences with fear of a breast cancer recurrence.