Insights into Navigation

Lillie reflects on her family’s personal experience with cancer, as well as her approach with patients.
Understanding and seizing opportunities to inject humor into your discussions can go a long way, not only for your patients but also for you.
Navigators must be proactive in getting screened regularly to optimize their own health, as well as set a good example for their patients.
We must help ensure that student nurses are aware of nurse navigator opportunities as a chosen field of nursing, just as we have each chosen it to be a part of ours.
Establishing your availability to patients early on will help the relationship get off on the right foot.
Consider a practical strategy to eliminate mundane tasks to maximize patient interaction.
Move beyond the typical barriers to stick with resolutions and achieve your professional goals.
The holidays are a challenging time for everyone, and can be even more so for those who are underserved and going through cancer treatment.
Sadly, the answer to that question in the headline is likely “never.” Drug expenses are continuing to climb as newer and more sophisticated treatment options are being released for standard of care, co-payments and deductibles will continue to go up instead of down, and people cannot afford in most cases to take off from work for their cancer treatments.
If you only had 1 minute with a newly diagnosed cancer patient, how would you spend those 60 seconds?
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