AONN+ Conference Abstracts

Young women (20-39 years old) with a gynecologic oncology diagnosis have “increased anxiety, depression, and distress” when compared with older cancer survivors.

Over the course of 2 years, Saint Luke’s Hospital Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer hosted 3 weekend-long therapeutic retreats for women with metastatic breast cancer and their significant others.

Each year 22,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer (OC), over 15,000 die, and more than 200,000 live with the often devastating physical, emotional, and social impacts.

Annually, over 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYAs) are diagnosed with cancer.

Tools that help to characterize patient acuity have been used in healthcare for decades and have proved successful as a means of determining staffing needs, improving patient care, and controlling costs.

Since the inception of navigation programs in 2001, a variety of programs have been developed across the country.

The financial burden associated with a cancer diagnosis and treatment is often referred to as financial toxicity.

The role of the breast nurse navigator (BNN) during the treatment phase of the care continuum involves educating patients and families and assisting them with overcoming barriers to care by linking them to appropriate resources.

Cancer is an extremely overwhelming diagnosis with multiple appointments and care team providers.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently completed a quality improvement program pilot designed to test the feasibility and effectiveness of coaching-based navigation among ACS lay navigators; 6 sites were selected for the pilot.