Membership
Attending the AONN+ Annual Conference helped validate and improve my tracking of prior authorization work, distress screenings, social work referrals, and new patient referral documentation to show the need for additional staff in these areas.
I said it then, and I say it now—oncology is a calling. But being a navigator truly puts life into perspective.
As a burnout coach and from my own experience, I have found practicing self-love and self-compassion is an effective tool for improving personal resiliency that can help increase a navigator’s compassion for patients.
I spent 9 years to find my way to become a patient navigator, hoping to provide for other patients the same depth of compassion that I experienced.
As oncology navigators, we have all mastered the art of being compassionate when caring for the patients and their families. Now it’s time to practice using that skill set on ourselves.
Facing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, oncology nurse navigators need to take care of themselves so that they are better able to care for the patients.
As a Latina and a minority woman, I always feel welcomed, included, and validated by AONN+, and I appreciate how AONN+ helps with my vision to expand patient navigation in Central and South America.
I started in oncology navigation feeling excited but also overwhelmed, then I discovered AONN+ and immediately felt relief that there is a community of navigators and a wealth of resources to help with my professional growth.
How the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) helped me build and grow St. Elizabeth Cancer Center’s patient navigation program that is changing the landscape of the quality of care that we provide our patients.
AONN+ has enabled navigators to become connectors since the start of the pandemic to transmit knowledge, resources, and solutions to address health concerns of underserved communities.
