Provides expertise of members of the Leadership Council of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators
Describes comprehensively how to develop and implement an oncology navigation program
Includes all facets of navigation, from community outreach to long-term survivorship/end-of-life navigation

Autorentext
Lillie D. Shockney is a professor of surgery and oncology as well as having been appointed by the Dean of the School of Medicine and the President of the University to a faculty chair (University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer at Johns Hopkins). She is a registered nurse with a BS in healthcare administration and a master's degree in administrative science from Johns Hopkins University, and her employment began at Hopkins in 1983. She serves as the director of the breast center and the director of cancer survivorship programs for the cancer center. Professor Shockney is the founder and program director of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+). She has received 52 awards46 national and 6 state awards, including being inducted into the Maryland Women Hall of Fame and recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Most Amazing Nurse in America. Well known for her public speaking and literary work, she has published 14 prior books and more than 275 articles on breast cancer, cancer navigation, survivorship care, metastatic breast cancer, and patient advocacy.

Inhalt
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.- Treatmentsurgery, 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 burnoutidentification and prevention.- Elevating the profession of navigation.