Penny Daugherty, RN, MS, OCN

As those of us immersed in our roles as oncology nurse navigators know only too well, each day holds the potential to be filled with unexpected

Supporting patients and families with a truly holistic and healing approach.

An oncology nurse navigator learns just how essential the role is, when her own husband is diagnosed with melanoma and a colleague provided just the right support.

Many studies are currently assessing the role of patient navigation in achieving both quantitative and qualitative improvements in cancer care, and metrics have been developed to capture demonstrable evidence for this relatively new subspecialty of oncology nursing practice. Yet amidst all this fact-finding lives an individual patient with cancer.

Penny Daugherty, RN, MS, OCN, Southeastern Gynecologic Oncology, discusses how the Affordable Care Act has impacted nurse navigators.

Penny Daugherty, RN, MS, OCN, Southeastern Gynecologic Oncology, discusses how she supports a patient who has received a cancer diagnosis.