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Nurse navigators guide breast cancer patients
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Central Penn Business Journal
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May 25, 2001
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Michele Schonbrunner and Patti Patterson may not carry compasses, but the two nurses are full-time navigators.
York-based WellSpan Health hired Schonbrunner in February and Patterson in March to serve as the health system's first two nurse navigators.
The nurse navigators provide emotional support, answer questions, help coordinate office visits and serve as advocates for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients being treated at York Cancer Center, located in WellSpan's Apple Hill Medical Center, York Township.
Schonbrunner and Patterson are now helping 120 breast cancer patients. The York Cancer Center usually works with 400 newly diagnosed breast cancer patients per year, according to Debra ...
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