Starting a Local Navigator Network (LNN)

 

Overview

The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) is focused on developing a local and regional network of navigators to facilitate communication and education among peers and to improve patient outcomes and survivorship. To that end, AONN+ has made a concerted effort to develop local networks over the past several years.
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Starting a Local Navigator Network is as easy as A-B-C!

Just follow the guidelines below to launch and maintain a successful LNN. If you have any questions, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Assemble regularly with other navigators in your vicinity
  • The navigator network leader (a member of AONN+) should have experience with team building and a personal commitment to promoting education and career development of oncology navigators in his/her region. AONN+ can assist with a list of members in the area. Reach out to other navigators (patient, nurse, social worker, etc) outside of your healthcare system and communicate the meeting details.
  • Champion AONN+ and the local network within your region. Strive to maintain a roster of at least 50% of chapter members as current AONN+ members. Assistance for support should be communicated to AONN+ at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. AONN+’s involvement will be assessed based on the request. Examples are bringing in outside speakers, developing webinars, submitting an article to the Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship or CONQUER, discussing research initiatives, providing invitations to the AONN+ annual conference, and providing AONN+ membership direction forms.
  • Set the meeting frequency, but AONN+ asks that you hold a minimum of 4 meetings of the membership each year.
Build your network’s theme, mission, and vision (objectives)
  • The mission and vision need to be reflective of AONN+’s mission and vision.
  • Generate a theme for your network by creating a tagline so that you have your own ownership and identity. It may be the location of the state area, a major city, or a system name, if covering several healthcare facilities.
  • Identify best practices and areas of need (resource needs, educational needs, and possible solutions) within your region. A survey can be conducted among LNN members to recognize common best practices or gaps in care. Use this information to plan future meetings.
  • Decide which leadership structure will best fit your area. The leader/coleader information will be displayed on the AONN+ website with contact information. We suggest your LNN identify a scribe or secretary who can record LNN activities. Other LNNs have membership chairs who develop the directory as well as help people join at the meeting. Another idea is to have a program chair.
  • Send at least 1 or 2 members to the AONN+ Annual Conference to represent your local network. This is a meeting opportunity for your LNN attendees, and AONN+ will attempt to acquire space for you to gather. You may want to network with other LNNs.
Communicate with AONN+ and your members
  • AONN+ requires an annual report of activities by January 31 each year, and this form will be shared with the current LNN leader. Take minutes at your meetings for the annual report via the meeting report form, and you are encouraged to distribute the minutes to members immediately after gathering.
  • Establish and maintain an open correspondence system with all LNN members, and address queries in a timely manner. You are encouraged to develop a directory of members to share among your group for networking, projects, and publication, among members.
  • All networks will be listed on the AONN+ website for members only.
  • Communicate in different outlets, including local meetings; chat online through technology such as Facebook, LinkedIn, etc; and meet at the annual conference.
  • Ideas for program formats are case study discussions, data presentations, and educator–patient seminars. AONN+ values our strong partnerships with industry. Please direct all inquiries for AONN+ local programs sponsored by industry to the national AONN+ office to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Examples of past LNN activities and meeting ideas can be found under the Members Memo section of the website at www.aonnonline.org/navigation-and-survivorship-news/members-memo.

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