Flynn Fellows Attend Prestigious 2023 APHON Conference

As part of its recently announced expanded program scope, the Flynn Foundation is increasing its emphasis on the ongoing professional development of its 300 Fellowship program graduates. It recently sponsored three of its 2023 Flynn Fellows…

How One Family’s Tribute is Building a Legacy at NewYork-Presbyterian and Beyond

Compassion and inspiration often fuel each other: Caring for others helps expand our imaginations, and our imaginations help expand how we care for others. Such is true for Fred Flynn and the Flynn Foundation, an amazing nursing fellowship program…

Flynn Fellows Attend CT Center for Nursing Workforce “Student Day”

Several Flynn Fellows recently attended the CT Center for Nursing Workforce (“CCNW”) 43rd annual Student Day. The mission of CCNW is to foster collaborations to ensure a highly educated, diverse, and sustainable nursing workforce to support…

Flynn Fellows learn to provide compassionate care to cancer patients in unique summer internship program

Over the last decade, several prestigious hospitals have selected 18 Sacred Heart University nursing students to participate in the Flynn Foundation’s oncology nursing fellowship program. This year, four out of the 37 Flynn Fellows came…

Fairfield Egan Students Complete Prestigious Oncology Nursing Fellowships

This year, four nursing students worked as Flynn fellows at Boston Children’s Hospital, Wentworth Douglas Hospital, and Smilow Cancer Hospital. The national Susan D. Flynn Oncology Nursing Fellowship program was launched in 2013, in memory…

Flynn Foundation Appoints Pediatric Oncology Nurse to its Board

STAMFORD, CT (August, 8 2023) — The Flynn Foundation today announced the appointment of Amy P. Kaiser to its board of directors. Kaiser, a former Flynn Fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is a pediatric oncology nurse at Duke…

Nursing Education Program Announces New Name and Expands Mission to Improve Care for Cancer Patients

Flynn Foundation Seeks to Address Workforce Training Void at Hospitals By Creating Opportunities for More Oncology and Palliative Care Nurses STAMFORD, CT (July 31, 2023) — The Susan D. Flynn Oncology Nursing Development Program today announced…

Flynn Fellows Presentations Featured at ONS Annual Conference

Several Flynn Fellows participated in the 2023 Oncology Nursing Society’s prestigious annual conference April 26-30 in San Antonio, TX. Emma Chestnut, a 2022 Flynn Fellow at Wentworth Hospital from St. Anselm College, presented her ‘evidence-based…

Flynn Fellows Attend Prominent Palliative Care Conference

"The 13th Annual Edith Richner Palliative Care Conference held on June 2nd at Molloy University provided a wealth of information in the field of palliative care. As an aspiring oncology nurse in the Flynn Fellowship Program, I had the opportunity…

Six Summer Oncology Fellows Connect with Families and Gain Valuable Clinical Experience

Students completing junior year at the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing (FCN) who have an interest in cancer care can apply to become a Villanova Nursing oncology fellow and enjoy a summer externship program to gain additional clinical experience…