Wenonah B. Ecung, PhD, Oral History Interview, September 16, 2016
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education
- Perspectives on the role of nurses, oncology nursing, and nursing leadership
- Views on racial bias
- Leadership, mentoring, career decision-making processes
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: Memories and Details about Family
Chapter 02 : Finding the Way to Nursing
Chapter 03: An Education that Stressed Nursing Leadership; Experiences of Bias
Chapter 04: Making a Commitment to Oncology Nursing
Chapter 05: Nursing in the Department of Developmental Therapeutics
Chapter 06 : Developing Nursing Care in the New Clark Clinic
Identifier
EcungWB_01_20160921
Publication Date
9-21-2016
Publisher
The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Topics Covered
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas System. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Ecung, Wenonah B. PhD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Wenonah B. Ecung, PhD, Oral History Interview, September 16, 2016" (2016). Interview Sessions. 110.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/110
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Wenonah B. Ecung (b. July 10; Washington, DC) came to MD Anderson in 1977 in the role of Nurse Clinician II in Medical Oncology. When she retired in 2016, she was serving as Vice President of Clinical Administration reporting to the Executive Vice President and Physician in Chief.
During her long career with the institution, Dr. Ecung had an impact on the organization of nursing care and the transformation of the role of nurses in partnering with physicians in patient care. She contributed to the evolution of multidisciplinary care at MD Anderson, and participated in organizing the institution’s formal shift to the multidisciplinary care model.