Diana Gordon, RN, MSN, CPNP, CPON, Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, and one of our 2016 Extraordinary Healer Award finalists, discusses what her average day as a pediatric oncologist entails.

Gordon has many duties throughout her day, including giving medications, working with other nurses, nurse practitioners and attending physicians, but she says that her favorite — and most rewarding— part of her job is seeing the patients and their families.