Antoinette Cardenas, MSW, LSW, OSW-C, Porter Regional Hospital’s discharge facilitator and social worker, recently received the designation of Certified Oncology Social Worker from the Board of Oncology Social Work.
Cardenas’s role at Porter is to aid patients and their caregivers with questions and concerns related to their cancer diagnosis, assisting them with coping skills, helping to improve communication, and linking them to community resources. Her certification demonstrates an advanced level of experience and competency in oncology social work, and links Cardenas to other experts in the field, providing her with additional network of resources that she can utilize.
