Oncology nurse navigators and patient navigators are helpers at their very core, no matter what the issue may be. In this episode of the AONN+ Heart and Soul of Oncology Navigation podcast, Monica Dean, HON-OPN-CG, Director of Patient Navigation Program Development at AONN+, and Zarek Mena, OPN-CG, Women’s Health Program Manager at Smilow Breast Health Center at Norwalk Hospital, discuss the role a patient navigator plays in assisting their patients through crises.
In this episode, Zarek Mena shares how her patient navigation program had to adapt to food insecurity and the new disparities that are being exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the top 3 takeaways:
