Margaret Rummel, RN, MHA, OCN, NE-BC, HON-ONN-CG

It takes a diversity of voices to create a meeting that speaks to all the different needs of our members. Nurse Navigator Peg Rummel gives an overview of the process used to develop the programming for the AONN+ conferences.

Oncology Nurse Navigator Peg Rummel reflects on the growth of the first 10 years of AONN+ and the experience of meeting and working with others as a result of participating in AONN+.

For Peg Rummel, certification is the next step in professional development for a navigator's career growth.

Certification and more education around the navigator role shows members like Peg Rummel, that AONN takes the profession as seriously as the navigators themselves.

In the coordination of care for a patient at Peg Rummel's institution, the whole team is involved, and Peg, the navigator on staff, oversees that all of her patients' barriers are overcome.

Peg Rummel shares her best practices for starting a new navigation program - do a community needs assessment, start small, and be visible.

Peg Rummel stresses the importance of social support services and the role they play in improving the patient's overall quality of life.

Peg Rummel thinks that there are resources out there, but sometimes there are not enough or it's challenging to connect the patient to the ones that are available. As navigators, we need to provide education and reinforce that meeting these needs is an important part of their plan of care.