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Your Guide to the Upcoming AONN+ Conference

AONN+ Blog published on October 21, 2020 in 2020 Annual Conference
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Editor-in-Chief, JONS; Co-Founder, AONN+; University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer, Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Co-Developer, Work Stride-Managing Cancer at Work, Johns Hopkins Healthcare Solutions

By now, most of us have probably attended more than one “virtual” conference (like our own midyear meeting), so there shouldn’t be too many surprises or difficulties for those participating in the Virtual 11th Annual Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) Navigation & Survivorship Conference, November 4-8. But our October Facebook Live session, State of the 11th Annual AONN+ National Conference, featuring AONN+ Program Director Sharon Gentry as moderator along with Rachael Baranoski, Penny Daugherty, and Peg Rummel, offers all the inside info you need to make the most of this event.

 
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