Navigation & Survivorship News

Did you know that one in four employees will be diagnosed with cancer? There are some resources that can help you.
One way to improve upon your professional skills is to perform learning activities that address one's gaps in knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities so you can help identify these patients.
If you only had 1 minute with a newly diagnosed cancer patient, how would you spend those 60 seconds?
Did you know that as little as a 6% weight loss predicts a reduced response to oncology treatment, reduced survival, and quality of life?
As a support provider to patients as they move through the healthcare system, a patient avigator must be educated and trained to effectively address the continually evolving needs of their patients.
Despite it being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we continue to have women decline mammogram screenings.
In 2017, AONN+ recognized the effort and work of the local navigation networks (LNNs) by offering them opportunities to provide the ONN-CG, OPN-CG, or beta thoracic certification exams in their area.
You can demonstrate a responsiveness to patient needs within scope of practice and professional boundaries.
This is the eighth and final installment of my series on providing terminal patients with important elements so that they can experience a good death. For this installment, I want to discuss spiritual connection at the end of life.
Recently, all the LNN leaders were notified of some updates and AONN+ would like to share them with the general membership.