Navigation Tools
This section provides valuable resources to assist nurse navigators and patient navigators in the management of patient care.
NEW Health Literacy: From Assessment to Action
What Does a Patient Navigator Do?
AONN+ Navigation Metrics Superheroes
These superheroes represent the 8 domains which encompass the AONN+ standardized navigation metrics and should help navigators to better understand the basis behind each domain and the skills necessary to provide quality patient care and financial stability for their organizations.
Educating the Health Care Team on the Roles and Responsibilities of Navigators and Support Staff
This tool is intended to educate their physicians, office staff, and other departments on the role of the navigator and oncology support staff. It can be customized to reflect your cancer program’s structure and its navigation and support staff responsibilities.
Author: Tricia Strusowski, MS, RN
ACCC's Health Literacy Gap Assessment Tool
The GW Cancer Center's Implementing the Commission on Cancer Standard 3.1 Patient Navigation Process: A Road Map for Comprehensive Cancer Control Professionals and Cancer Program Administrators
This document provides a road map for comprehensive cancer control professionals and cancer program administrators who are responsible for conducting the triennial Community Needs Assessment focusing on cancer disparities and barriers to care. The purpose of this document is to guide the Community Needs Assessment team in designing a patient navigation process that navigates cancer patients through their care and addresses barriers facing patients, caregivers, and communities in the cancer program's catchment area.
Navigation Orientation Checklist and Annual Competencies
Navigators upon hire have varied backgrounds and require an orientation and annual review of national guidelines/standards, core competencies, reports/metrics, just to name a few. These documents contain all the key elements that need to be included in a navigator’s orientation and annual competencies.
Navigation Tracking Sheet for Weekly Rounds
GW Cancer Center’s Executive Training on Navigation and Survivorship
GW Cancer Center’s Oncology Patient Navigator Training: The Fundamentals
Cancer Care Coordination Questionnaire for Patients
Provider Education on Patient Navigation
The AONN+ Navigation Metrics Subcommittee created a Provider Educational Fact Sheet to help educate physicians and their office staff on the role of the navigator.
Authors: Nicole Messier, BSN, RN, OCN; Beth High, MSN, OCN, CBCN, CN-BN; Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH; Tricia Strusowski, MS, RN
