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This new edition, supported by the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), affirms that effective navigation within the framework of oncology care requires a team approach and that navigation should never be considered an add-on resource or service. Throughout the continuum of care, navigators address issues related to access and barriers to care and health literacy impacting disparities in cancer care. Beyond working with individual patients, navigators can add their voice to efforts that promote the provision of resources that ensure the sustainability of navigation.
This book highlights navigation leaders who are the experts on creating team-based programs. They understand the role of effective navigation across continuum of care and other key aspects of navigation, including clinical trials and tumor board coordination and monitoring, as well as measurement using evidence-based navigation metrics.
It is the only book designed to educate and support anyone developing a new navigation program or wanting to improve an existing program. As such it offers a guide for cancer centers needing to develop and implement an oncology navigation program; understand and successfully meet and exceed the Commission on Cancer accreditation standards linked to navigation; expand or improve their current navigation program as well as demonstrate its value using reliable measurable results, including patient satisfaction and improved- quality clinical outcomes.
The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) is the only US specialty organization for navigation professionals with more than 8,900 members. This comprehensive book provides insights and evidenced-based practices applicable to the real world of oncology care. In addition, the importance of mentorship, self -care, and professional development opportunities are discussed to strengthen the practicing navigator.
List of contents
1 Team-Based Oncology Care.- 2 History of Oncology Patient and Nurse Navigation.- 3 Quality Cancer Care.- 4 Team-Based Oncology Care: The Pivotal Role of Oncology Navigation.- 5 Team-Based Oncology Care: The Pivotal Role of Oncology Navigation Across the Continuum of Care.- 6 Team-Based Oncology Care: The Pivotal Role of Oncology Navigation Community Outreach.- 7 Diagnosis and Preparing Patients for Their Oncology Consultations.- 8 The Role of the Navigator During a Patient's Cancer Treatment.- 9 Transition to Survivorship.- 10 Transitioning to End-of-Life Care.- 11 The Role of Navigation Around Tumor Board Participation.- 12 Navigation and Clinical Trials.- 13 Understanding Role Delineation of the Multidisciplinary Team Members.- 14 Understanding Role Delineation of the Multidisciplinary Team Members.- 15 Navigation Training, Tools, and Resources.- 16 Compassion Fatigue in Oncology Navigation: Identification and Prevention.- 17 Elevating the Profession of Navigation.-BM.
About the author
Lillie D. Shockney holds a primary faculty appointment in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a Professor of Surgery and the only nurse ever appointed by the Dean of the School of Medicine and the President of the University to a faculty chair (University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer at Johns Hopkins). She is a registered nurse with a BS in healthcare administration and a master’s degree in administrative science from Johns Hopkins University, and her employment began at Hopkins in 1983. She served as the former director of the breast center and the director of cancer survivorship programs for the cancer center. Professor Shockney is the founder of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) and Association of Chronic Illness & Complex Care Nurse Navigators (ACCCNN). She has received 62 awards—56 national and 6 state awards, including being inducted into the Maryland Women Hall of Fame and recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Most Amazing Nurse in America. Well known for her public speaking and literary work, she has published 30 prior books and more than 375 articles on breast cancer, cancer navigation, survivorship care, end of life care, metastatic breast cancer, and patient advocacy. In 2023, a documentary about key aspects of her life’s work was created and is airing on television nationally, as well as being available in 70,000 high school libraries, 14,000 Universities, and 4,000 Medical Schools.
Summary
Provides expertise of members of the Leadership Council of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators
Describes comprehensively how to develop and implement an oncology navigation program
Includes all facets of navigation, from community outreach to long-term survivorship/end-of-life navigation
