Team-Based Oncology Care: The Pivotal Role of Oncology Navigation by Shockney, Lillie D.;

This book discusses how effective navigation requires a team approach to oncology care and should never be considered an “add-on” resource or service. The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN) is the only national professional organization for navigation professionals, and has more than 6,000 members, 90% of which are oncology nurse navigators. They are the experts on creating team-based programs, which remove the risk of others trying to reinvent the wheel by designing a navigation program from scratch. They also understand the role of effective navigation across the entire continuum of care, and understand and are able to apply other key aspects of navigation, including clinical trial screenings and tumor board coordination and monitoring, as well as measurement using evidence-based navigation metrics, to name but a few.As such it offers a guide for cancer centers needing to develop and implement an oncology navigation program; understand and successfully meet and exceed the Commission on Cancer accreditation standards linked to navigation; expand or improve their current navigation program as well as demonstrate its value using reliable measurable results, including patient satisfaction and improved- quality clinical outcomes.

Provides expertise of members of the Leadership Council of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators

Includes all facets of navigation, from community outreach to long-term survivorship/end-of-life navigation

What is team-based oncology care?.- History of oncology patient and nurse navigation.- Quality cancer care.- Building a navigation program.- Navigation across the continuum of care.- Community outreach.- Always beginning with a barrier assessment and identification of the patient’s life goals.- Diagnosis and preparing the patient for their oncology consultations.- Treatment—surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, biologic targeted therapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy.- Transitioning to survivorship.- Transitioning to end-of-life care.- Multidisciplinary tumor boards and the role of navigation.- Navigators’ roles in screening and educating patients about clinical trials.- Understanding role delineation of the multidisciplinary team members.- Measuring the impact navigation has on patient care by supporting the multidisciplinary team.- Navigation tools and resources.- Compassion fatigue and burnout—identification and prevention.- Elevating the profession of navigation.