The NYCBS Patient-Family Advisory Council, a group of NYCBS patients and employees, gathered at the new Executive building for their bi-monthly meeting hosted by Brittany Kaliscik, Director of Patient Experience.
Patients present with a multitude of complex issues, symptoms, side effects, etc. I have learned that sometimes these symptoms are not always treated with medication, even though it is ingrained in what we do.
A year after JoAnne Palladino's mother became a nurse practitioner, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and placed in hospice care. Seeing how the home health care aide interacted and cared for her mother inspired her to enter the medical field.