AONN+ Conference Highlights
At the heart of the Oncology Medical Home is triage, according to Barbara L. McAneny, MD, a board certified medical oncologist at New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants, and founder of Innovative Oncology Business Solutions (IOBS).
AONN+ presenter Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA, discusses the unique health risks and challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals when dealing with cancer and how navigators can help.
AONN+ in collaboration with Sarah Cannon will work with the Moonshot Program as part of an initiative to evaluate and prove the value of patient navigation.
A set of standardized, evidence-based navigation metrics, developed by the Standardized Metrics Task Force of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), aims to demonstrate the sustainability and validity of navigation programs.
In a keynote speech at the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators 7th Annual Navigation & Survivorship Conference, Ms Ramirez-Johnson discusses the difference between surviving and thriving.
Nurse navigators can play an important role in raising awareness about the importance of hereditary testing and the identification of patients with genetic mutations, as these individuals often experience high rates of recurrence, according to Jennifer Klemp, PhD, MPH, MA.
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer face a unique set of needs and challenges, but at the end of the day, they just want to be taken seriously and treated like adults, according to Paula Sanborn, RN, BSN, CPHON, CPN, Sarcoma Nurse Navigator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH.
Achieving universal health literacy is as simple as treating all patients as if they are at risk of not understanding health information, according to Deborah Christensen, MSN, APRN, AOCNS, HNB-BC.
Developing an evidence-based survivorship navigation program involves a fair amount of trial and error, according to JaLisa Boyd, RN, BSN, MS, and Katie Navarte, LMSW, who make up a nurse/social worker survivorship navigation team at Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Service Line for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) hospitals.
Practicing mindfulness in medicine has positive effects on both providers and the patients they care for, according to John Inzerillo, MD, Medical Director of Oncology at Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center in Washington, NC.
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