ANNE CLOUTIER RN, MSN, AOCN

"There were two reasons I became A Nurse. 1) My Dad died of Lung Cancer when I was in High School. 2) My aptitude test said I was good in Science." Of course, Anne couldn't do it the easy way. She had a double major in Nursing and Psychology, graduating in 1977. She has spent the last 18 years in Oncology--starting with the challenge of Hospice. She then went on to become a CNS in her home state of Rhode Island and worked at Beth Israel Hospital in Medical Oncology (with a stint in Psychosocial Oncology).
She moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1990 to be a Director of a Hospital Cancer Program.
In 1993 she came to Tampa to work at Moffitt Cancer Center as a CNS. Currently, she is working as a Patient Care Consultant for Schering Oncology Biotech--"And I just love my job! Very few people can say that."
Anne has been inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, has been a member of ONS since 1980, became an OCN in 1990, and an AOCN in 1996.
She is also a member of National ONS's Continuing Education Review Panel. She has started working on a PHD in Adult Education at USF.
If Anne hadn't become a Nurse; she would have liked to have been an Editor or a Psychologist.
Anne is married to Paul Cloutier, has no children, but has 2 cats. She enjoys golf, traveling, and spending time with her husband.
When asked what she found most rewarding about Nursing--Anne said: "Having an impact on situations challenging to people. Making a difference".