For those of you who missed the annual conference last year, you can hear the presentations that were part of the Fifth AONN Annual Conference. We recognize that it is difficult to get travel time or funding to go to conference so part of your membership is access to past conference presentations.
May is a month of traditional celebrations such as Mothers Day and Nurses Day. So “Happy Mothers Day” to all traditional mothers – the female parents and the same to all that “mother” individuals in the sense of exercising control, influence, or authority like that of a mother.
Patient navigation programs have evolved over the past 2 decades as oncology care has become a complex network of prevention, early detection, genomic and proteomic treatment pathways, and survivorship promotion.
As Spring teases us with warmer weather, the intention to move more is a little easier after a long day at work! Navigators have shown they are interested in keeping their patient on the move. The abstracts from 2014 reflect this theme.
In the last e-newsletter, you met Mandi Pratt-Chapman who oversees a nationally recognized training center leading the development of navigation and survivorship programs at the George Washington University Cancer Institute.
This is a continuation of the last article that featured leadership council members as a membership benefit. Meet more leadership council members for you to share best practices, use as clinical resources and improve care for your patients.
As the organization has grown, so too have our members' needs. Educational webinars have been held, the bimonthly e-newsletter Navigation and Survivorship News has been launched, and both regional and national meetings have been organized.
Another suggestion for our new navigators as they develop their program is to think metrics! Do not let the concept scare you into thinking it is all about research and numbers.
Another suggestion for our new navigators as they develop their program is to think metrics! Do not let the concept scare you into thinking it is all about research and numbers.