Robin Erwin, CRNP

“I’m Robin Erwin. I am a nurse practitioner at Southern Cancer Center and I have been here since 2020. I have a husband and a child. We like to go to the Caribbean, like Mexico, Costa Rica, all over.

My mom had surgery when she was in her 40s and I spent the night with her in the hospital, and I was in my teens, and the nurse that came in took such great care of her and was so caring that it inspired me to want to be in a caring role.

Here, I do palliative care, which is relieving the symptoms and side effects that go along with their treatment. Palliative care is whether you have anemia or cancer or sickle cell disease, my role is when you call with a need I see you, I evaluate that need, I treat the symptoms, I assess if there’s a different cause for your need, if there’s something we need to change about your therapy. Just because we call in a palliative care team or hospice, our goal is for them to have as many good days as they can. The first time they meet me my role is to help them get through this journey, to walk side by side with them, to alleviate side effects, suffering — that we’re there for them.

Southern Cancer Center is unique because we have the opportunity to keep all of our care more personal. It keeps you out of feeling like you’re just going through the motions, just a number or a data point in treatment. At our practice, whether your treatment is planned to be curative or if it is just to extend your quality of life and the time that you have, authenticity is at the core of our practice. Starting out here you will always get honest, caring, truthful information and we will walk alongside you throughout your journey.”