The themes were developed, constructed, and emerged from the analysis of the data. The Fig. 1 describes a conceptual model of the power of nursing to guide patients across the cancer trajectory emerged as three phases: (1) connecting with the patient (shared needs); (2) personalized coordination (shared action); and (3) realizing the patient’s potential (reassurance). These nurses’ efforts had goals in the different phases. In the first phase, the nurses took special care of her patients to return to oneself. In the second phase, the nurses focused on the patient’s life to empower the patient to regain control of his or her daily life. Finally, the nurses gave a particular attention to the patient’s potential in the third phase that the patient would live his or her life. The oncology nurses estab- lished relationships with their patients and cared about what really mattered to the patients from the patients’ perspectives. The nurses tailored their care to individual patients, and reassured them to move forward.