
Nursing at Fred Hutch
At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, nurses are the backbone of the life-changing work we do. As caregivers and researchers, our nurses are fundamental to providing excellent patient care. Their knowledge, leadership and commitment help drive innovation and improve outcomes for patients.

A team of nurses collaborated with nurse leadership to establish a formal model of care for Fred Hutch.

Nurses are integral members of any health care team, and at Fred Hutch, our nurses are vital to the delivery of individualized, evidence-based and compassionate oncology care.
Nursing departments and services
Nurses can be found in many different roles at Fred Hutch.Our nurses are partners, decision-makers, researchers — and life-changers. Our nurses work with leading-edge science, which offers unparalleled opportunities for career growth.
Explore our Fred Hutch community practice sites to learn more about the care provided at specific locations.
Nursing executive leadership
Meet our nursing leadership at Fred Hutch.

Chief Nursing Officer

Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Nursing professional development
Many leadership and professional development opportunities are available to Fred Hutch nurses who are looking to expand their role or grow their skill set. Nurses may seek advanced roles within departments such as quality, regulatory affairs, education or program development.
Residency and Dedicated Education Unit programs
- New Grad RN Residency
- New-to-Specialty RN Residency
- Nurse Technician Program
- Dedicated Education Unit Programs
- Graduate Student Programs

Fred Hutch supports the following scholarship opportunities for nurses to grow their nursing practice through education and professional development.

Fred Hutch is taking ownership for developing implementation plans and creating research orders to best support the needs of its patients.
Shared governance
Shared governance promotes patient safety and quality care through shared decision-making between nurse leaders and frontline nursing staff. Through multiple nursing and interdisciplinary councils, Fred Hutch nurses at all levels are provided the opportunity to engage in their professional practice and collaborate to support an innovative and patient-centered approach to nursing care.
Organizational recognition and accreditation
Fred Hutch is proud to hold accreditation, membership and recognition from various agencies and organizations, which demonstrate our support of Fred Hutch nurses and commitment to providing exceptional and highly specialized oncology patient care.
Recognition of nurses
Fred Hutch honors our nurses' commitment to excellence in oncology nursing and day-to-day patient care.
Global outreach
In 2018, the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center invited SCCA nurses Kathleen Shannon Dorcy, PhD, RN, FAAN, director of clinical nursing, education and practice, and Arlyce Coumar, MN, RN, OCN®, to create a nursing partnership. The intention of the collaboration is to enhance nursing expertise and catalyze mutual efforts to mitigate the increasing burden of cancer felt disproportionately in low- and middle-income countries. The project was initiated as a field work project for a Master of Nursing program for Arlyce, based on her passion for public health and social justice. The program continues to be focused on a sustained engagement with UCI nurses. Together, we have developed a strategy for an ongoing alliance.
The poster highlighting the collaboration was presented at an international nursing symposium in 2019. Our model for engagement with a low-resource health care setting moves away from a traditional ethnocentric view of a rescuer visit to UCI toward one based on relationship-building and cultural humility. We used surveys of the nurses on three visits to UCI to become acquainted with the nurses’ work setting and patient care loads.
The most recent in-person visit was when Principal Nursing Officer Sr. Tino Christine and Sister Rose Nanking came to visit SCCA (now Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center), UW Medical Center and Seattle Children’s Hospital in 2019. They reported having a better understanding of different models of structuring the nursing team and of delineating onboarding requirements for staff who are new to oncology.