Professional Roles and Responsibilities
Sarah F. Gallups, RN, PhD, MPH, Jill Demirci, PhD, RN, IBCLC, Marci Nilsen, PhD, RN, CHPN, Jessica Burke, PhD, Catherine Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN, Margaret Q. Rosenzweig, PhD, FNP-C, AOCN, FAAN
Research exploring the relational dimensions of patient navigation indicate that interpersonal communication is fundamental to the patient navigator’s (PN) ability to assist patients in identifying barriers to care and improve cancer care outcomes.
Tools that help to characterize patient acuity have been used in healthcare for decades and have proved successful as a means of determining staffing needs, improving patient care, and controlling costs.
The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators conducted a 4-day virtual, live-streamed conference that provided a forum for dialogue among participating navigators who provide navigation and survivorship care services for oncology patients.
Patients with lung cancer often face significant rates of mortality and morbidity.
Monica Dean, HON-OPN-CG, Emily Gentry, BSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, OCN, Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Compassion fatigue is common among professionals working in a healing or helping capacity.
The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)/American College of Surgeons is dedicated to promoting improved treatment outcomes for breast disease.
The first cases of COVID-19 in the United States were reported in early January 2020 and began rapidly increasing in March 2020.
Christina Mangir, MS, Lori Schneider, Angie Santiago, CRCS-I, Rifeta Kajdic, Sarah Hudson-DiSalle, PharmD, RPh, Eric Dallara, RPh, Elana Plotkin, Monique Dawkins, EdD, MPA, Lorna Lucas, MS
Financial toxicity can be a devastating side effect for cancer patients and their families and may impact access to care, compliance with treatment, and outcomes.
Cheryl Bellomo, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, OCN, Nicole L. Erb, BA, Sharon S. Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN
Tools that help to characterize patient acuity have been used in healthcare for decades and have proved successful as a means of determining staffing needs, improving patient care, and controlling costs.