A cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming, and all of the decisions and treatments that follow can be complicated and stressful. That’s why we provide you with a compassionate nurse navigator to answer all of your questions and guide you every step of the way through treatment and into recovery.
Your nurse navigator will be the single point of contact for you and your family, providing education, advocacy and friendship.
Nurse navigation is available for breast, gastrointestinal (GI), genitourinary (GU), head and neck, and lung cancers as well as survivorship.
Benefits of Nurse Navigators
Nurse navigators help with many aspects of care, including:
- Helping you understand your diagnosis and treatment options
- Providing access to the latest treatment information available through clinical and research trials
- Assessing the needs of you and your family
- Assisting with the coordination and scheduling of appointments, tests and services
- Assisting with transportation arrangements to treatment
- Communicating with physicians, case managers, support service personnel, family members and others on your behalf
- Exploring work-related or financial concerns that you may have and connecting you to appropriate resources
- Addressing psychosocial needs and making referrals to appropriate community and hospital-based resources
- Ensuring follow-up care and monitoring after initial treatment
- Referring to the appropriate doctor’s office or other health care resources when other issues arise
- Assisting in your transition to survivorship from active treatment
- Providing tips on how to organize cancer treatment paperwork
Talk to a Nurse Navigator
If you were recently diagnosed with cancer, our nurse navigators are available to guide you and answer any questions you may have.
Please fill out the form below to get started.