Background: Nurse coordinators are today obligated to form a person-centered communication with patients. Studies show that the communication with patients treated for cancer should be created from a sensitivity and a knowledge about different phases of illness and that the nurse coordinator need theory, work experience and systematic reflection to form the communication.

Aim: To describe experiences of cancer nurse coordinators regarding person-centered communication and to headlight needs of work integrated learning related to a person-centered way of working.

Method: A semi-structed interview study was conducted with seven cancer nurse coordinators from three different cancer care units in Västra Götalands region, Sweden. A qualitative content analysis was performed.

Results: The analyze resulted in showing how cancer nurses use their experience working towards a person-centered communication and their thoughts about person-centered care. The result also headlights the nurses thoughts of work integrated learning related to person-centered way of working.

Conclusion: The cancer nurse coordinators used their experience to shape a person-centered communication with the patient. The nurse was supported and developed the work through the support from knowledgeable co-workers. The results show that despite the support and learning trough co-workers, which gave partially development of the work integrated learning, the theoretical knowledge of a person-centered care was at times uncompleted.