There is a lot of chatter about this happening right now about whether it is rationale and doable to generate a bill for a navigator to perform specific functions that support a patient’s care.
Patient navigators have a responsibility to stay up-to-date on leading edge evidence-based information and resources. This includes scholarly journal articles, information in popular media outlets, books, and emerging content important to their area of practice.
Whether your cancer center has been accredited for years by the American College of Surgeons surveyors, or this is your first time, it is important that you have a place at the table.
The Evidence Into Practice (EIP) Committee's mission statement is: "to engage and encourage potential performance improvement, outcomes-based research projects with the assistance of mentoring, and possible collaborations with other organizations” displays the vision to strengthen all navigators and their practice patterns.
It’s tough when you work with a patient and their loved ones and things take a turn for the worse. This can be especially challenging for you as they try to process news such as death.
Patient self-determination is a critical component of quality cancer care. This means that patients should be involved in a shared decision making process and that their priorities and preferences should be respected by the healthcare team.
If you are someone who enjoys being in the middle of the action and getting some of the latest information on navigation, please check out the Evidence into Practice Committee (EIP).
As summer zips by and fall begins, you will be thinking even more about the November 2016 AONN+ conference and the opportunity to become certified as an oncology nurse navigator or as a patient navigator! So start getting ready!
