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Ms Shockney discussed how having navigators intervene very early on in the cancer continuum to establish survivorship care can affect treatment, outcomes, and complications, illustrating her points with composite care studies.

Ms Kelley described Project Access–New Haven, a volunteer, community-based program that uses a best-practice model to increase access to care for underserved patients and reduce health disparities in New Haven, Connecticut.

The AONN+ Leadership Council served as the judging team for awards for posters presented at the conference.

The 2012 Health Monitor Network Oncology Nurse Navigator of the Year Award was presented at the poster award session by John P. Stelmachowicz to Michelle Weaver Knowles, RNC, BCN, of Missoula Montana Community Medical Center.

This moderated panel discussion included representatives of office-based, academic, and community hospital–based settings.

Ms Sharpe discussed the role of the American Cancer Society in developing survivorship guidelines and how efforts of the National Cancer Survivorship Resource Center address gaps in clinical survivorship guidelines.

In the coming months and years, we will continue to focus on your needs and those of the patients you diligently navigate across the continuum of care.

In February 2012, MindStream Education1 held a conference in Orlando, Florida, titled “Best Practices in Oncology Nurse Navigation.”

We recognize that a diagnosis of cancer can be a life-changing event, with the journey from diagnosis to survivorship, and perhaps to end-of-life care, filled with fear, challenges, and uncertainties.

Patient navigation emerged 2 decades ago, with numerous articles reporting cancer care outcomes from the patient perspective, but its effect on improving organizational outcomes requires further research.