RESOURCE FOR CANCER PATIENTS NURSE NAVIGATOR PROVIDES SUPPORT.(NEWS)

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  September 23, 2000 ;   Campbell, Laurel;   261 words ......someone to help them at St. Elizabeth Medical Center: a nurse navigator. The hospital hired registered nurse Terri Bogan to fill...patient, it's not an easy task to seek those things out. The nurse navigator is one person who can plug you into all that.'' Ms. Bogan...

Nurse Navigator Program Offers Resources for Amarillo, Texas, Cancer...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 17, 2001 ;     520 words ......Center. Since August she has been the center's Nurse Navigator. Nurse Navigator is a free central resource for breast cancer...Gerard said. For more information on the Nurse Navigator program contact Mallory at 354-5875, Ext...

OKC Medical Briefs: July 18, 2001

THE JOURNAL RECORD;  July 18, 2001 ;   Kirby Davis;   709 words ......expedite service, the center employs a Nurse Navigator program to oversee a patient's care...oncology nurse Julie Hensley. The Nurse Navigator program is hugely reassuring, said...and is there when you need them. The Nurse Navigator program gives each patient a person...

SSM Health Care to celebrate major enhancements

The Journal Record;  July 18, 2001 ;   Kirby Lee Davis;   733 words ......expedite service, the center employs a "Nurse Navigator" program to oversee a patient's care...oncology nurse Julie Hensley. "The Nurse Navigator program is hugely reassuring," said...and is there when you need them. The Nurse Navigator program gives each patient a person...

Support network guides cancer patients

Capital (Annapolis);  October 23, 2005 ;   ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER;   380 words ......The cornerstone of the center's support services is the nurse navigator who specializes in providing educational information about...diseases, treatments and the side effects of treatments. A nurse navigator offers facts, explains advantages and disadvantages of treatment...

Weston, Fla.-Based Firm Provides Information Key to Insurance...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 21, 1999 ;   Danger, Jana Soeldner;   693 words ......Insurance, Mutual of Omaha and GE Capital. A counselor (or nurse navigator) advises policy holders about what services are available...services directly to the consumer. A client can consult with a nurse navigator for a fee of $95 per hour, or buy a Care Path membership...

Top 25 Women in Business: Marilyn Jiggitts, R.N., 'Nursing is a passion,...

Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal;  March 1, 2007 ;   Nardone, Ralph;   354 words ......H. Jiggitts, R.N., MSN, from the Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center at Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. As a "nurse navigator" she provides educational information and emotional support to women and their family members concerned about their breast...

Mercy gets radiation oncology accreditation

New Pittsburgh Courier;  January 25, 2006 ;     381 words ......Outreach Group. Mercy was responsible for developing the nurse navigator portion of the program, which is designed to improve the...the five participating and NCI-funded centers. "Mercy's nurse navigator coordinates patient care, explains to patients their treatment...

Nurse navigators guide breast cancer patients

Central Penn Business Journal;  May 25, 2001 ;   Olenchek, Christina;   787 words ......survivors that helped WellSpan create the nurse navigator program. Another group involved in...much WellSpan is investing in the nurse navigator program. The program is free to patients...Breast cancer is spearheading the (nurse navigator) effort, because the treatment of...

Nurse navigator

The Billings Gazette;  December 12, 2005 ;   Cochran, Diane;   284 words ...A cancer diagnosis can be the most frightening event in a person's life. Linda Dukart's job is to make it less so. I can't take this thing away. I can't take the cancer away," Dukart said. "But I can maybe take some of the edge off." Dukart, a registered nurse, works as a cancer care navigator at

CancerSource.com and the Oncology Nursing Society Have Entered Into an...

PR Newswire;  April 6, 2000 ;     500 words ......announced an exclusive partnership with the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) to co-brand its dedicated nursing site, CancerSourceRN. ONS members will now have another trusted online source for tools and information on providing quality cancer care. This announcement...

New health center offers women chic, 1-stop care

The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  June 15, 2008 ;   Lori Consalvo;   470 words ......comfortable office. "We did this to serve women in the community in a nicer environment," said Sharon Wallace, manager and nurse navigator of the center. "It is a nice, warm place instead of a cold hospital environment." Officials said they put a lot of forethought...

A new approach

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  June 14, 2008 ;   Lori Consalvo;   485 words ......comfortable office. "We did this to serve women in the community in a nicer environment," said Sharon Wallace, manager and nurse navigator of the center. "It is a nice, warm place instead of a cold hospital environment." Officials said they put a lot of forethought...

Survivor series: breast cancer stories shared

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  May 25, 2007 ;   Gina Delfavero;   787 words ......situation, so it's been very interesting to see how each person has dealt with the variables in their story," said Sue Majoris, nurse navigator with the Women's Imaging Center at Indiana Regional Medical Center. "It's a good opener for discussion." Pink Ribbon Reflections...

Beacon Awards: Friends of the OU Breast Institute

THE JOURNAL RECORD;  July 11, 2008 ;   Jessica Mitchell;   425 words ......the Friends organization have funded a list of projects, personnel, and equipment, such as supplementing the salary of a nurse navigator and funding medical student summer interns as well as a part-time genetics counselor and providing for the establishment...