Greg Burns, R.N.

Greg Burns is the Nursing Coordinator for The JASON Program in Portland, Maine. He has a long history of caring for seriously ill children and adults. After graduating with a B.S.N. in nursing from the University of Southern Maine, Greg worked on the medical-surgical ward at Maine Medical Center, where he developed an expertise in orthopedics. He transferred to the pediatric floor there out of his love of children, where his duties ranged from direct patient care to teaching, communication, and leadership. His close involvement with seriously ill and dying children led him to join the Maine Children’s Cancer Program in 1994. His skills there were many, but centered on delivering compassionate technical and psychosocial care. Greg worked with New England Life Care, providing home IV therapy for adults and children, and for Community Health Services as a Hospice/Palliative Care Nurse for adults and children. While at CHS he became a member of the Maternal Child Health Team. He is a member of the Medical Home Advisory Committee, The Maine Hospice Council Board of Directors, The Maine Hospice Council Retreat Team, Caring Resources for Living Board of Directors, and a reviewer/trainer for the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Pediatric Palliative Care Curriculum.