Role of the Navigator

Advice for Newly-Diagnosed Patients with Cancer

Advice for Newly-Diagnosed Patients with Cancer

Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Sharon Gentry encourages patients who have just been diagnosed with cancer to inquire about connecting with a navigator.
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A Look at the AONN+ Evidence into Practice Committee

A Look at the AONN+ Evidence into Practice Committee

Vanessa Rodriguez, BA, MSW
Vanessa Rodriguez discusses the Evidence into Practice Committee and how it is working to help provide a roadmap to navigators.
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Navigators Can Have Many Titles

Navigators Can Have Many Titles

Vanessa Rodriguez, BA, MSW
Vanessa Rodrigues describes the roles that navigators fill, identifying that navigators have many different job titles. She explains how AONN+ can help support novice and seasoned nurse navigators, patient navigators, and social workers.
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Advocating for the Patient

Advocating for the Patient

Vanessa Rodriguez, BA, MSW
Vanessa Rodriguez always puts the patient first.
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Social Worker and Nurse Navigator: Two Roles, One Goal

Social Worker and Nurse Navigator: Two Roles, One Goal

Vanessa Rodriguez, BA, MSW
Vanessa Rodriguez wears two hats — social worker and clinical nurse navigator — and she expands upon how she helps guide her patients within these roles.
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Misconceptions About Navigators

Misconceptions About Navigators

Vanessa Rodriguez, BA, MSW
Many people don't understand what a navigator does. Vanessa Rodriguez tries to clear up common misconceptions.
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When Patients' Wishes Don't Match Recommended Treatment

When Patients' Wishes Don't Match Recommended Treatment

Vanessa Rodriguez, BA, MSW
Vanessa Rodriguez assesses what to do when the patient's desires don't align with the recommended treatment.
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The Role of a Patient Navigator

Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
In a Cancer.net podcast, AONN+'s Program Director and Co-Founder Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS discusses her presentation “The Value of Patient Navigators as Members of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Care Team” she made at the 2016 ASCO annual meeting. Come hear what she has to say on this significant topic.
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Clinical and Non-Clinical Navigators: A Team Experience

Clinical and Non-Clinical Navigators: A Team Experience

Penny Daugherty, RN, MS, OCN, ONN-CG
Penny Daughtery focuses on the increasing importance of the patient navigator and how they can work hand in hand with clinical nurse navigators to form a stronger team.
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Defining the Role of the Navigator

Defining the Role of the Navigator

Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA, PhD, HON-OPN-CG
Mandi Pratt-Chapman helps clarify the roles of the nurse navigator, patient navigator, and social worker, and how they all work together to further the needs to the patient and the institution.
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