Survivorship
Wow, those meetings must be sober events.” I’ve gotten this and other similar comments regularly over the past 6½ years since I received my diagnosis of stage III breast cancer in 2007. Fortunately for me and many other women, the assumption couldn’t be less accurate.
Anne Willis, MA, Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA, PhD, HON-OPN-CG, Elisabeth Reed, MPA, Elizabeth Hatcher, RN, BSN
Creating patient navigation and survivorship programs to deliver SCPs can be challenging. Many clinical professionals are tasked with developing programs, but they may not possess the program-planning skills that are essential for success.
Memphis, TN—One of the most popular breakout sessions at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) focused on breast cancer navigation and survivorship. This session featured 2 speakers, Karen Meneses, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Vinnie Myers, a tattoo artist.
Lisa A. Raedler, PhD, RPh, shares best practices for facilitating compliance with new Commission on Cancer Standards 3.1 and 3.3.
I hope everyone has enjoyed their summer! We are now even closer to our 4th
Annual AONN Conference in Memphis. I am hoping to see you there. We have
a great lineup of experts to empower you with new knowledge and practical tools
to make your navigation role better than ever—for you and for your patients!
A review of the literature was done to evaluate the current evidence regarding the barriers that influence the transition of care in cancer survivorship and impact patient quality of life (QOL) and health outcomes.
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG, Julie K. Silver, MD, Elissa Bantug, MHS, Laurie Sweet, PT, R. Samuel Mayer, MD, Michael Friedman, PT, MBA
More than 40% of individuals born today will develop some type of cancer during their lifetime.
Although planning for survivorship care is recognized as an important part of the continuum of cancer care, end-of-treatment summaries (TSs) and survivorship care plans (SCPs) are not universally provided to cancer patients, even at centers of excellence. That situation is about to change over the next few years, however, because the Commission on Cancer (CoC) says that these plans will be mandatory by 2015.
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