Insights into Navigation
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
I hope that all nurse navigators have the opportunity to attend tumor boards as well as have a pivotal role in coordinating them! Whether it is an organ specific tumor board (like breast, colorectal, lung, prostate) or a tumor board where everyone brings all of their cancer specific cases for a multidisciplinary review, you have a key role in these forums.
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
We are really making tremendous progress in the development and implementation of our certification program and exam!!
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
For those of you working in an academic medical center or teaching institution, there are likely 3 overarching missions to be fulfilled: patient care, teaching, and research.
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Marketing campaigns that use navigation as a lure: I’ve heard ads on the radio and even seen a few on TV that are using nurse navigators as their lure to bring new cancer patients to their cancer center.
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
This is a very important subject that needs to be discussed more often. Of all of the tasks of a navigator, patient advocacy must always be part of our process.
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
If you are working as a navigator and haven’t begun to capture data that accurately depicts what you do, how you do it, and why it is important, then you are placing yourself at risk for a lot of questions when it is time for your performance review (or for when next year’s fiscal budget is being determined).
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
The need for research regarding long term cancer survivorship: For decades pediatric oncology professionals have followed their patients long term.
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Case managers vs nurse navigators: more and more insurance companies are hiring nurses as case managers. some actually refer to them as nurse navigators however. There tasks and functions are not quite the same as a nurse navigator who is involved with the actual care delivery process of a cancer patient.
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
There are people on Capital Hill who beat the drums loudly for us!
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Definitely for the short term phase of survivorship. That window of time post acute treatment. What about long term?
