Description
Session will highlight navigation models of delivery so that navigators can advocate for patients with cancer by utilizing evidence-based shared decision- making tools, best practices in coordinating care, and assessment strategies in addressing barriers to care. This forum will provide the navigator exposure with other navigation and survivorship care colleagues into evidence – based navigation research studies, quality improvement projects, and best practices utilizing pre- and post-data elements to enhance their navigation practice.
Category V: Professional Roles and Responsibilities
Category VI: Research, Quality, Performance Improvement
Category VII: Operations Management, Organization Development, Health Economics
Learning Objectives:
- Describe navigation delivery models
- Evaluate the role of an oncology navigator in various capacities: clinical, community, psychosocial, and financial
- Define evidence-based navigation models
- Analyze navigation strategies and implement in current practice
- Recognize and discuss methodology in evidence-based navigation
- Apply navigation research studies, quality improvement projects, and best practices to field of navigation
- Develop and apply navigation metrics in current practice
Speaker(s):
- Melissa
Eades,
RT (R)(M), BSN, OPN-CG,
High Risk Breast Nurse Navigator,
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
- Kammi
Fox-Kay,
MSN, RN, AOCNS, ONN-CG(T),
Oncology Nurse Navigator,
Community Health System (formerly Trident Medical Center)
- Jessica
MacIntyre,
APRN, NP-C, AOCNP,
Executive Director, Clinical Operations,
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Debra
Kelly,
RN,
Oncology Nurse Navigator/Breast Program Manager,
HCA/Sarah Cannon
