Effective Communication as an Essential Tool for Successful Patient Navigation
The importance of interactions with patients, communication with the oncology care team, and involvement in navigation research are discussed in this oral presentation.
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Helping Patients Overcome Obstacles: Nurse Navigation Transcends Oncology When Disaster Strikes
Oncology nurse navigators are a critical resource in a disaster, and other important lessons a navigator learned in surviving, and responding to, the California wildfires.
Central Nervous System Tumors: A Challenge for Navigators and Patients
The challenges of CNS tumors for patients, caregivers, and their oncology nurse navigators are described.
Front-Line Resilience for Oncology Nurse Navigators
Raquel Jex Forsgren, a resilience coach, presents 6 practices that can build your resilience and reduce compassion fatigue.
Transition Care Navigation Utilizing a Predictive Model (LACE+) to Impact Readmission Rates and Transfer of Care From Inpatient to Outpatient: A Programmatic Research Study
Cancer center sought to improve patient transition from inpatient to outpatient, using an enhanced LACE tool.
Responsive Engagement and Cessation in Cancer Health (REACCH): A Nurse Navigator-Led Comprehensive Tobacco Cessation Program at the University of Arizona Cancer Center
Using an assessment tool, a cancer center sought to improve assessment of new patients who use tobacco and increase referrals to tobacco cessation programs.
Implementation of a Standardized Navigation Barrier Assessment for Oncology Patients Based on a Person-Centered Framework
Unexpected gaps in resources were identified by using a tool to assess barriers to oncology patient care.
Feasibility of Medication Coordination With Lay Navigators in Outpatient Oncology Clinics
Results of a program that used lay navigators to assist patient with medication-related barriers is presented.
The Use of Technology in Multidisciplinary Communication to Improve Patient-Centered Care Coordination: A Systemic Review
A search of the literature was conducted to determine the effect of artificial intelligence on interdisciplinary communication.
Keynote Address: The Role of Navigation in a Changing Healthcare Environment
Lisa Simms Booth, of the Biden Cancer Initiative, explains how standardizing the role of the nurse navigator fits into multiple efforts to improve cancer care in the United States.
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