Nurse Navigation
A Navigator shares how lessons learned at the AONN+ Annual Conference led her care team to make impactful practice changes
Chronic disease is a huge issue and program in America. As healthcare has become more and more complicated, we need chronic disease and complex care nurse navigators to help us better manage chronic disease, decrease the cost, and improve the health of our population.
Billie Lynn Allard, RN, MSN, FAAN, Administrative Consultant for Population Health and Transitions of Care, Southern Vermont Health Care, says nurse navigators help decrease the patient's need to be in the hospital, decrease the need to use the emergency department, and increase the patient's ability to effectively take their medications and follow the treatment plan.
Chronic disease nurse navigators can help improve the efficiency and outcomes for delivery of healthcare in the United States when compared with other developed countries, says Billie Lynn Allard, RN, MSN, FAAN, Administrative Consultant for Population Health and Transitions of Care, Southern Vermont Health Care.
Billie Lynn Allard, RN, MSN, FAAN, Administrative Consultant for Population Health and Transitions of Care, Southern Vermont Health Care, says everyone who has been involved in nurse navigation recognizes the significance of a professional organization for chronic disease and complex care navigation.
Billie Lynn Allard, RN, MSN, FAAN, Administrative Consultant for Population Health and Transitions of Care, Southern Vermont Health Care, says we can promote chronic disease navigation in the United States by learning from similar programs in other countries.
Billie Lynn Allard, RN, MSN, FAAN, Administrative Consultant for Population Health and Transitions of Care, Southern Vermont Health Care, says she is thrilled to be involved in starting a professional organization for chronic disease and complex care navigation.
Billie Lynn Allard, RN, MSN, FAAN, Administrative Consultant for Population Health and Transitions of Care, Southern Vermont Health Care, shares stories of how nurse navigators have been connecting with one another across the country.
Billie Lynn Allard, RN, MSN, FAAN, Administrative Consultant for Population Health and Transitions of Care, Southern Vermont Health Care, says the new organization for chronic disease navigation will follow in the footsteps of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+).
Billie Lynn Allard, RN, MSN, FAAN, Administrative Consultant for Population Health and Transitions of Care, Southern Vermont Health Care, says the leadership team of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) has been very collaborative in helping to start the professional organization for chronic disease navigation.
