Ng has seen how powerful love can be in the face of a life-threatening diagnosis. She recalls a young mother who was initially in denial about her cancer diagnosis and delayed treatment.<\/p>\n
Eventually, she decided to undergo treatment for the sake of her four young children.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat struck me was not that she never felt afraid; she was. She reminded me that courage is not the absence of fear, but finding a way to keep going despite it,\u201d said Ng.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe often think we are there to care for our patients but they teach us just as much how to live.\u201d<\/p>\n
The emotional demands of healthcare work can be heavy, but what keeps her going is looking back at the reason why she went into nursing in the first place.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father\u2019s experience as a patient had a profound impact on me, and when things feel overwhelming, I think about that\u2026 and what it means to be there for someone at their most vulnerable state. That always helps put things back into perspective,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, Ng hopes to continue developing initiatives that strengthen patient education, support cancer survivors and encourage early detection.<\/p>\n
She is especially interested in projects that connect patients with the right resources and address needs that may be overlooked after treatment.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, the most meaningful projects are those that can create a lasting difference in a patient\u2019s journey. Not just medically but also emotionally, socially and in terms of their overall quality of life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ng has seen how powerful love can be in the face of a life-threatening diagnosis. She recalls a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,17579,137,500,488260,28211,5311,232126,147231],"class_list":["post-920301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-breast-cancer","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-kk-womens-and-childrens-hospital","tag-nurses","tag-oncology","tag-womens-life","tag-womens-voices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}