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Barrier Assessment
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Articles & White Papers published on July 19, 2011 in Barriers to Care
It is enjoyable to visit other navigation programs and to see the unique processes that are being utilized to help patient’s access healthcare systems and move through the treatment trajectory.
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Questionable Economic Impact on Cancer Survival
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Articles & White Papers published on July 5, 2011 in Healthcare Economics
After reading a synopsis on how budget cuts could impact healthcare, a parallel thought is how the economy could influence cancer survival rates. What will the future bring and what is the impact on navigation?
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What Do You Do?
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Articles & White Papers published on May 16, 2011 in Role of the Navigator, Professional Roles and Responsibilities
After a recent navigation presentation, a participant approached me and commented, “Thank you, now I understand what our navigator does in her role.” The comment caused me to reflect...could that be the case where many of us work? Do people in our healthcare system know what we do?
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The Burden of Cancer: Part 1
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Articles & White Papers published on May 16, 2011 in Health & Wellness
A recent article in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (March/April 2011), “Global Cancer Statistics,” reviewed the burden of cancer. Sadly, the disease continues to rise due to non-modifiable and modifiable factors. Despite the “youth promising” cosmetics, pills, and lotions, aging is inevitable and with increased age comes a higher likelihood of getting cancer.
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The Burden of Cancer: Part 2
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Articles & White Papers published on May 16, 2011 in Health & Wellness
A recent article in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (March/April 2011), “Global Cancer Statistics,” called for diet modification and encouraged physical activity to help reduce the global cancer burden. A dietitian referral from navigators is appropriate as part of the treatment and survival plan.
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Patient Navigation Becomes New Standard for Cancer Program Accreditation
Elaine Sein, BSN, RN
Articles & White Papers published on April 21, 2011 in CoC Standards
Patient navigation and care coordination have been a focus in healthcare for several years because of the fragmentation that commonly occurs among access, diagnosis, and treatment. This strong national movement has evidence-based research to support the need, which has led cancer program-accrediting bodies to add patient navigation as a required standard.
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What Do Navigators Do?
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Articles & White Papers published on January 27, 2011 in Role of the Navigator, Professional Roles and Responsibilities
When working with systems that are contemplating a navigation program or when navigators visit our site because they have been hired to navigate but can not seem to find their niche, this is a question everyone asks at the beginning. It is stressed throughout the navigation world that there is not a standardized navigation program that can fit everywhere.
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Thoracic Oncology Navigation: Introduction
Pamela C. Matten, RN, BSN, OCN
Articles & White Papers published on November 11, 2010 in Thoracic Cancer
Approximately, 5 years ago I applied for a job as a Lung Cancer Nurse Coordinator. My experience in oncology included working as a radiation oncology nurse and an infusion nurse. To be honest, I wasn't quite sure what the new job entailed, but I was anxious to move on to something new.
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Starting a State Navigation Network
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Articles & White Papers published on November 11, 2010 in Local Navigator Networks
With 1,479,350 people projected to be diagnosed with cancer this year, what is the chance that the majority will come in contact with a form of patient navigation? 50%? Or if narrowed to a nurse navigator, maybe 25%? At current, there is no way to calculate that number, but with more cancer programs initiating patient navigation programs, the vision is to increase their chance.
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Continuing a State-level Navigation Network
Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Articles & White Papers published on November 11, 2010 in Local Navigator Networks
After the 2006 initiation of navigation networking in North Carolina, Mary Corey, a Pfizer representative, organized a second annual meeting in Wilmington, North Carolina, in the spring of 2007. Mollie Poletto, director of the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS), shared her vision of navigation from the Harold Freeman model.
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