Insights into Navigation
If you are looking to make a change in the patient population you navigate, consider shadowing other professionals to assess what population for which you would like to provide care.
New recommendations suggest patients who get the COVID-19 vaccine should abide by a waiting period before getting a mammogram, CT scan, PET scan, or MRI.
Fear of cancer recurrence can cause survivors to postpone joy. As navigators, we can assist our patients by suggesting ways to alleviate their worries.
When cancer returns in the form of distant recurrence, oncology nurse navigators and patient navigators should prepare for the different kinds of reactions patients can have to this difficult news.
Clarifying the responsibilities of each member of the multidisciplinary navigation team will lead to more comfort in your role and better care for your patients.
While we always provide the best care for our patients, we also have to anticipate potential adverse events that can occur during treatment or surgery and prepare our patients and their families for those events.
When a patient chooses end-of-life care to improve their quality of life, it can be a difficult discussion with their cancer team. Utilize these tips in navigating a patient through hard conversations.
As we leave behind the stress of 2020, it’s important to encourage patients with cancer, survivors, and ourselves, to create realistic New Year’s resolutions.
This holiday season, we may need to forego our usual traditions to keep our friends and family safe. Here are some ways to take your holiday plans virtual and how you can practice gratitude this season.
Oncology navigators should discuss short-term survivorship and surveillance early on to prepare patients with cancer for the surprises that may come with this treatment milestone.
