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Standardizing Roles: Evaluating Oncology Nurse Navigator Clarity, Educational Preparation, and Scope of Work Within Two Healthcare Systems

Cynthia Cantril
Deb Christensen
Elizabeth Moore
CJON 2019, 23(1), 52-59 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.52-59
Background: Since the introduction of patient navigation, challenges persist in standardizing the oncology nurse navigator (ONN) role, educational preparation, and scope of work. Objectives: With a goal of systemwide understanding of navigation services, two healthcare institutions examined the...
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Nurse-Led Supportive Care Intervention for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer

Nicholas Ralph
Suzanne Chambers
Amanda Pomery
John Oliffe
Jeff Dunn
ONF 2019, 46(1), 92-103 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.92-103
Objectives: To understand the context for implementing ProsCare by prostate cancer specialist nurses (PCSNs) and, in doing so, further develop the intervention and implementation strategy. Sample & Setting: 30 PCSNs participated in four semistructured focus groups to evaluate a telephone-based...
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Interprofessional Lung Cancer Tumor Board: The Role of the Oncology Nurse Navigator in Improving Adherence to National Guidelines and Streamlining Patient Care

Jessica Peckham
Susan Mott-Coles
CJON 2018, 22(6), 656-662 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.656-662
Background: Lung cancer traditionally has a high morbidity and mortality rate because of late diagnosis. Use of a tumor board has been noted as one way to improve patient care and quality of life. Objectives: This article aimed to determine the contributions of an oncology nurse navigator (ONN)...
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Homeless With Cancer: An Unrecognized Problem in the United States

Barbara Biedrzycki
CJON 2018, 22(6), 676-679 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.676-679
Homelessness is a national problem that is worsening. Some challenges the homeless face—lack of shelter, food, health care, support, and opportunities—are well known. Cancer, an unrecognized problem among the homeless, is a leading cause of their deaths. AT A GLANCE Homelessness is a complex...
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Feasibility of Synchronous Online Focus Groups of Rural Breast Cancer Survivors on Web-Based Distress Self-Management

Robin M. Lally
Christine Eisenhauer
Sydney Buckland
Kevin Kupzyk
ONF 2018, 45(6), E111-E124 DOI: 10.1188/18.ONF.E111-E124
Purpose: To obtain rural breast cancer survivors’ perceptions of CaringGuidance™ After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, a web-based, psychoeducational, distress self-management program, and explore the feasibility of gathering survivors’ perceptions about CaringGuidance using online focus groups (OFGs)...
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