Mary Joan Heffernan NP

ARNP, AOCNP

Summary

Mary J. Heffernan is an Adult Care Nurse Practitioner with a Master's in Nursing from the University of Washington, completed in 2009. In 2020, she founded By Your Side LLC, a practice designed to provide personalized education and counseling for individuals with breast cancer. She has been employed as a Nurse Practitioner in clinical research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Overlake Medical Center breast surgery, where she designed and implemented a breast cancer survivorship program and served as first assistant in surgery. Her clinical expertise lies in breast cancer, stem cell transplantation, chemotherapy, and patient/family education. She has several publications, including works on breast cancer and emotional intelligence in nurses. In 2014, Seattle Met Magazine recognized her as a Top Nurse Practitioner.

Books/Book Chapters

AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care
Chapter: Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration (Perform)
Page 1031 - 1036Heffernan MJEditors: Debra J. Lynn-McHale Wiegand and Karen K. Carlson.Elsevier Sanders2005
AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care
Chapter: Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration (Assist)
Page 1037 - 1040Heffernan MJEditors: Debra J. Lynn-McHale Wiegand and Karen K. Carlson.Elsevier Sanders2005

Abstracts/Posters

Symptom Assessment and Optimal Management of Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease
Heffernan MJ, American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 1/1/2011
Nausea and Vomiting In Women with Breast Cancer Who Undergo Same Day Port Placement and Chemotherapy
Heffernan MJ, Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress, 1/1/2008

Lectures

Fundamentals of Breast Cancer
University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA - 1/1/2014