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Sarah Given

Assistant Professor of the Practice

Program Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice

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Sarah Given

D.N.P., M.S.N

Contact

Maloney Hall 361

Telephone: 617-552-1410

Email: sarah.given@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Mount Holyoke College
  • M.S.N., MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • D.N.P., Simmons University

Expertise

  • Cancer
  • Palliative Care

Profile

Sarah Given, D.N.P., M.S.N., is an assistant professor of the practice and program director for the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at the Connell School of Nursing. She received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, an M.S.N. from the MGH Institute of Health Professions, and a D.N.P. from Simmons University.聽

Selected Publications

  • Given, S. (2024). Oncology Complications, Paraneoplastic Syndromes, and Cancer Survivorship. In T. M. Buttaro, P. Polgar-Bailey, J. Sandberg-Cook, K. L. Dick, & J. B. Montgomery (Eds.) Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (7th ed.). St Louis: Elsevier.
  • Given, S. H., Reid Ponte, P., Lally, K., & Chua, I. S. (2024). Interdisciplinary Pain Board for Managing Patients with Palliative Care Needs and Substance Use Disorder: A Pilot Study. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 27(9), 1171鈥�1176.
  • Given, S.聽(2021).聽Oncology Complications, Paraneoplastic Syndromes, and Cancer Survivorship. In T.M. Buttaro,聽J. Trybulski, P. Polgar-Bailey, & J. Sandberg-Cook (Eds.) Primary Care: Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice, 6th edition. St. Louis: Elsevier.
  • Bacon, M., Kematick, B., Suliman, I., Scullion, B., Chua, I., Given, S., Lally, K. (2022). Development of PharmPAL: A Collaborative Practice Pharmacy Clinic in Ambulatory Palliative Care. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 1-5.

Selected Presentations

  • Given, S. (2024, Spring). Interdisciplinary Pain Board to Manage Patients with Palliative Care Needs and Substance Use Disorder: A Pilot Study. Presented at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Given, S. (2024). Lessons Learned from Building a Complex Pain Board in Ambulatory Palliative Care. Presented at the Oncoclinicas Grand Rounds, Brazil (virtual): Oncoclinicas.
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