Margaret Jewett
Arlington
Summary
Dedicated and knowledgeable nursing professional with extensive experience in oncology and stem cell transplantation. Skilled in patient education, problem-solving, and team collaboration, contributing to improved patient outcomes and streamlined care processes.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Clinical Nurse Navigator Team Lead
The George Washington Cancer Center, MFA
Washington
09.2025 - Current
- Engages in the selection process of new oncology nurse navigators.
- Orient new oncology nurse navigators to their new positions.
- Facilitates biweekly meetings with the oncology nurse navigator team.
- Addresses issues, enabling oncology nurse navigators to perform more effectively.
- Communicates questions and concerns of the oncology nurse navigator team with management.
BMT Nurse Navigator
The George Washington Cancer Center, MFA
Washington
03.2024 - Current
- Educates multiple myeloma/plasma cell dyscrasia patients and their family members regarding new treatment options.
- Meets weekly with the BMT multidisciplinary team to discuss patient responses and needs.
- Triages patient calls and MyChart messages, and assesses patient conditions to determine the urgency of care needed. Communicates the patient's medical needs, questions, and complaints to the appropriate BMT team members.
- Schedules provider office visits and imaging appointments.
- Maintains the physician's REMS program dashboard. Completes monthly provider surveys for patients' REMS medications.
- Coordinates all pre-stem cell transplant appointments, including provider visits, IDM blood draws, line placement appointments, office visits for mobilization, and hospital admission.
- Serves as a resource person for all stem cell transplant patients and their family members, as well as multiple myeloma patients not eligible for transplant.
- Coordinates with BMT nurse coordinators from other area BMT programs when a patient needs to be referred out of the George Washington Cancer Center for a stem cell transplant.
Clinical Apheresis Nurse
The George Washington Cancer Center, MFA
Washington
05.2023 - Current
- Created the FDA-registered stem cell collection program according to FACT accreditation standards.
- Trained with apheresis nurses at the National Children's Hospital in Washington, DC, to learn stem cell collection.
- Wrote over 40 SOPs, along with all worksheets, forms, and logs needed for patient documentation.
- Created validation plans and reports for apheresis equipment, stem cell collection processes, labeling, stem cell storage, and transportation.
- Created pre-collection and post-collection autologous stem cell label templates per ICCBBA standards.
- Schedule Spectra Optia preventative maintenance.
- Clean Spectra Optias weekly per manual instructions.
- Maintain Spectra Optia cleaning logs.
- Maintain apheresis supply room temperature/humidity logs daily.
- Collaborate with the apheresis/stem cell transplant physician and APPs, as well as the cellular therapy director, quality manager, and social workers to ensure successful stem cell collection and transplant.
- Successfully completed 12 stem cell collections.
- Calculate collection efficiency for each collection and maintain a collection efficiency log. Collection efficiency for each collection was above our program goal of 35%.
- Write variance reports, incident reports, and correction and action plans.
- Audit supply and apheresis medication logs monthly to ensure all supplies involved with stem cell collections are within their expiration dates.
Clinical Infusion Nurse
The George Washington Cancer Center, MFA
Washington
01.2012 - 05.2023
- Educated patients and caregivers on potential side effects of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and biologic therapy.
- Performed nursing assessments, interpreted lab results, and evaluated patient histories, complaints, and symptoms for 7-13 cancer, autoimmune, and benign hematology patients daily prior to the administration of chemotherapy and biologic agents.
- Communicated and collaborated with healthcare team members (oncologists, NPs, PAs, nurse navigators, dietitians, and social workers) to plan, implement, and enhance treatment strategies.
- Inserted PIVs, accessed mediports, and maintained PICC lines and Hickman catheters for administration of IV therapies.
- Administered chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapy, IV fluids, and blood products and monitored patient reactions to IV therapies.
- Precepted newly hired nurses in the outpatient infusion clinic.
- Acted as charge nurse of the outpatient infusion clinic; responsible for making nursing assignments, acting as a liaison between nursing staff and doctors, NPs, PAs, MAs, schedulers, front desk staff; troubleshooting staffing and patient issues, as well as issues that arise between the cancer center, blood bank, and other specialty MFA clinics.
Clinical Infusion Nurse
Virginia Cancer Specialists
Fairfax
06.2005 - 01.2012
- Educated patients and caregivers on potential side effects of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, and biologic therapy.
- Performed nursing assessments, interpreted lab results, evaluated patient histories, complaints, and symptoms for 8-10 cancer and benign hematology patients prior to administration of chemotherapy and IV therapies.
- Communicated and collaborated with healthcare team members (oncologists, NPs, and nurse navigators) to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Inserted PIVs, accessed mediports, and maintained PICC lines and Hickman catheters for administration of chemotherapy, IV fluids and therapies.
- Administered chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic therapies, and IV fluids; monitored patient reactions to IV therapies.
- Administered research cancer therapies including Obinutuzumab (phase II trial), Eribulin, TDM-1, and Ipilimumab (phase III trial); collaborated with research oncologists and oncology research coordinators to ensure safe drug administration and accurate data collection.
- Precepted newly hired nurses to the outpatient infusion setting.
- Acted as a charge nurse of the outpatient infusion clinic; responsible for making nursing assignments, acting as a main contact person between nursing staff, doctors, NPs, PAs, MAs, and front desk staff.
Postpartum Registered Nurse
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Fairfax
06.2005 - 06.2006
- Provided postpartum care to 5-7 mother/newborn couplets, including patient assessments, monitoring for maternal hemorrhage and mother-baby infections.
- Educated new mothers on breastfeeding and baby feeding schedules.
- Inserted and maintained PIVS for administration of IV fluids and blood products.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications, and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
Medical/Surgical Registered Nurse
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
09.2001 - 06.2004
- Admitted and responsible for care of 4-5 complex medical/surgical patients, including administering care for pre-organ transplant, post cardiac catheterization, drug overdose, and autoimmune patients.
- Performed patient assessments, interpreted lab results, administered PO/IV medications, IV fluids, blodd products and monitored patient reactions to medical interventions.
- Performed EKGs, tracheostomy care, PEG tube care, glucose monitoring, NG tube insertion, inserted PIVs, and maintained mediports, PICC lines, and triple lumen central lines.
- Educated patients and families, on disease diagnosis, prognosis, and potential medication and medical/surgical procedure side effects.
- Acted as a charge nurse of inpatient medical/surgical unit; responsible for nursing assignments, rounding with each patient's medical/surgical team and updating each nurse on their patients' care plans, maintaining unit's emergency equipment, and taking part in patient codes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Delaware
Newark, DE05-2001
Skills
- Patient education
- Chemotherapy administration
- Clinical assessment
- Care coordination
- Stem cell collection
- Team collaboration
Certification
Oncology Nurse Certification
Accomplishments
2014 Cure Magazine "Extraordinary Healer" essay nominee
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Navigator Team Lead
The George Washington Cancer Center, MFA
09.2025 - Current
BMT Nurse Navigator
The George Washington Cancer Center, MFA
03.2024 - Current
Clinical Apheresis Nurse
The George Washington Cancer Center, MFA
05.2023 - Current
Clinical Infusion Nurse
The George Washington Cancer Center, MFA
01.2012 - 05.2023
Clinical Infusion Nurse
Virginia Cancer Specialists
06.2005 - 01.2012
Postpartum Registered Nurse
Inova Fairfax Hospital
06.2005 - 06.2006
Medical/Surgical Registered Nurse
Johns Hopkins Hospital
09.2001 - 06.2004
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Delaware