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Your Oncology Nurse Navigator Career Starts Here Oncology nurse navigators play an essential role in the care and lives of oncology patients and their families. They ensure the full spectrum of care is met with compassion and expertise for the patient, family, and caregivers. This unique book provides new oncology nurse navigators with the specific education and training necessary to manage all phases of the cancer continuum, including medications, therapies, psychosocial support, and overcoming healthcare system barriers. Endorsed by the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+), Oncology Nurse Navigation: Transitioning into the Field covers the history of nurse navigation, the many and varied responsibilities of oncology nurse navigators, oncopolitics, future career expectations, and more crucial topics to ensure a successful and fulfilling career as an oncology nurse navigator. Written by Lillie Shockney, the President of AONN+ and the modern founder of the oncology nurse navigator role, Oncology Nurse Navigation: Transitioning into the Field is the trusted resource for this new and vital nursing career.

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Lillie Shockney is an oncology nurse, two time breast cancer survivor, Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, and Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine. Her nursing career has heavily focused on the care of cancer patients. She also has a background in performance improvement and quality of care measurement. Her educational background includes earning an RN diploma degree, BS in Health Care Administration and a Masters degree in Administrative Science from Johns Hopkins University. She is a published author and national speaker on breast cancer. She is the recipient of many national awards including the Impact Award from the National Consortium of the Breast Centers, the Excellence in Breast Cancer Education Award from the Oncology Nursing Society, the Internet Health Hero award from Intel, the Lane Adams Award from the American Cancer Society, and the Komen Foundation’s Professor of Survivorship Award, along with many others. She is known for inspiring patients, health care professionals with her words of wisdom and wit and believes it is her mission to make the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer the least physically and emotionally traumatic she can, until there is a cure. Having experienced breast cancer personally and taken care of thousands of women with the disease, she is recognized as an expert. She also serves as the Ask an Expert on Breast Cancer for Johns Hopkins, Yahoo.com, and several other organizations.'

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