Survivorship

Video Library published on March 29, 2018 in Survivorship
Staci Oertle describes some of the challenges in developing a survivorship care plan and suggests that it's helpful for navigators to know which members of the healthcare team can help them put together a care plan.
Dr Edward Partridge describes a number of areas in which he believes institutions can improve.
Video Library published on February 20, 2018 in Patient FAQs, Survivorship
Carla Schaefer notes that patients often have as many concerns post-treatment as they do during treatment, and she explains how she helps alleviate their anxiety as they move into survivorship.
AONN+ Blog published on December 11, 2017 in Survivorship
For more than a century, cancer care had a singular goal―to have the patient survive the disease and its treatment. With that achieved, the treatment team smiled, considering the treatment a success. Times have changed, and thankfully, treatments have changed, too.
AONN+ Blog published on November 21, 2017 in CoC Standards, Survivorship
I was privileged to chair a task force for the purpose of revisiting this standard and determining what issues lay within it that are barriers to cancer centers being able to achieve it. Upon the creation of such recommended changes, another task force for which I also served, reviewed these recommendations, and, I am pleased to say, approved them. Hot off the press, here is information that you get to hear even before it is announced to accredited facilities.
Lillie Shockney addresses when survivorship begins, how to assess patients' life goals, and how to ensure that their treatment plan aligns with their priorities and passions. She goes on to share a touching anecdote regarding a former patient and her survivorship plan.
Webinars published on July 25, 2017 in Survivorship
This webinar, which is part of a collaboration between AONN+ and Oncology Solutions, was presented by Tricia Strusowski, MS, RN, Manager at Oncology Solutions, Project Leader on the AONN+ Evidence into Practice Navigation Metrics Subcommittee.
Lillie Shockney explains how she and AONN+ are working towards encouraging the reevaluation of CoC standard 3.3 (on survivorship care plans) in order to measure compliance and success more accurately.
Navigation Tools published on July 5, 2017 in Survivorship, Tools & Resources
The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center's Executive Training on Navigation and Survivorship is a no-cost, innovative program that teaches the nuts and bolts of navigation and survivorship program development and implementation. The program walks participants through interactive presentations, written content that summarizes the latest research and best practices, case studies and customizable activities to create a program plan.
Video Library published on June 30, 2017 in Survivorship, Role of the Navigator
Wendy Brooks acknowledges that patients are often more anxious post-treatment than they are during treatment and explains how she helps her patients manage their post-treatment concerns.
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