Patient Advocacy/Empowerment
May 2023 Vol 14, No 5 | May 17, 2023
With National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week (June 15-21, 2023) on the horizon, it is paramount to acknowledge the pivotal role that nurse navigators play in educating and empowering patients and their loved ones—to include fostering candid and transparent conversations about family health history, knowing our bodies, risk reduction, and proactive cancer screenings. As a breast cancer survivor and founder of the Tigerlily Foundation, I am a testament to the profound, lifesaving impact of these conversations. My mother was a nurse, and I often say that she gave me life and saved my life. Here’s how.
October 2022 Vol 13, No 10 | November 7, 2022
March 2022 Vol 13, No 3 | March 18, 2022
Claire Saxton, Maria B. Gonzalo, MS, Jenny Karubian, MA, Helen M. Nichols, PhD, Sanjana Quasem, MPH, Danelle Johnston, MSN, RN, HON-ONN, OCN
November 2021 Vol 12, No 11 | December 16, 2021
As precision medicine testing and treatment options evolve, the complexity of what patients and caregivers need to understand to be active members of their healthcare team has increased dramatically.
November 2021 Vol 12, No 11 | December 16, 2021
A cancer diagnosis may carry with it a variety of legal issues, including insurance coverage, government benefits, and consumer rights.
September 2021 Vol 12, No 9 | September 16, 2021
You are in a prime position to empower patients to have meaningful communication and involvement in their own care. Here’s how.
Jessica Morris, Bruce Hellman, Kelli Duprey, Jacob Ellen, Lakshmi Nayak, Fabio Iwamoto, Florien Boele
November 2020 Vol 11, No 11 | November 13, 2020
Self-reports from patients done monthly or every few months in the doctor’s office have several limitations, including poor recall, underreporting or overreporting of events, among other biases.
November 2020 Vol 11, No 11 | November 13, 2020
The unprecedented time of COVID-19 made oncology nurse navigators (ONNs) ever more valuable to our patients.
November 2020 Vol 11, No 11 | November 13, 2020
Since January 2017, the Sarah Cannon Breast Cancer support group has held monthly meetings for breast cancer patients newly diagnosed, on their treatment journey, and for patients in survivorship.