Margaret M Sennett, PNP
Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Bio & Overview
Margaret Sennett was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, the sixth of nine children. She attended the State University of New York at Buffalo for her undergraduate and master’s degrees in nursing and was certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner.
She has worked in pediatrics her entire career, as a floor RN at Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo for 10 years and then in the hospital’s pediatric hematology/oncology division for three years. In 1997, she moved to Virginia for her current position in pediatric hematology/oncology at UVA, where she is the senior nurse practitioner and the supervisor/mentor to the other nurse practitioners in the division.
Ms. Sennett has been married since the age of 19 to her husband, Tim. They have three adult children — two graduated from UVA and one from Virginia Tech. Ms. Sennett is involved with the children’s ministry at her church, and she enjoys hiking and snowboarding.
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Infants (0-2)
Children (2-12)
Adolescents (12-21)
- Certification
- Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) (Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN)), Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (Primary Care Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (CPNP-PC))
Highlights
Meet Nurse Practitioner Margaret Sennett, PNP
My name is Margaret Sennett, and I am the lead nurse practitioner in the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. I am really passionate about the care that we give as a team, that every patient is an individual that we listen to families and we listen to patients. We always tell parents, we know you know your child and if you're worried about something, we're going to listen to that. Having children has really shaped my career. It's taught me that no matter what your child is going through, it's a big deal. That has helped me be more empathetic and just a better nurse practitioner in terms of taking care of those children and interacting with their parents. We were discussing a very critically ill patient, and I looked around and there were at least 20 providers from all different disciplines and levels of care. All there at one time, because that one particular patient is that important. Looking at that situation, what I observed made me think that if this was child or my grandchild, this is where I'd want them to be.
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