AONN CERTIFICATION
EXAM
What is the goal of nurse navigator programs? - ANSWERS-To
provide optimal care to patients and their families throughout the
cancer care trajectory.
What was the original model of navigation? - ANSWERS-Outreach --
> Patient Navigation --> Rehab
What were the first population of patients navigated? - ANSWERS-
Breast, Cervical, Prostate, Colorectal
What year did AONN change its name? - ANSWERS-2013
What did Blaseg point out about fundamental navigation? -
ANSWERS-"A clear scope of practice with stop and start points will
prevent overlap of the roles of others."
What did Willis publish regarding navigator role delineation
framework? - ANSWERS-The final framework is composed of 12
functional area domains with differences between community health
workers, patient navigators, and clinically licensed navigators
described in each frame.
,What are skills of nurse navigation as identified by the Oncology
Nursing Society? - ANSWERS-Advocacy, Problem Solving, Time
Management, Critical Thinking, Multitasking, Collaboration and
Communication
In addition to ONS nurse navigator skill set, what did AONN add? -
ANSWERS-Leadership and Systems Management
According to ONS, what is the nurse navigator expected to contribute
to the profession? - ANSWERS-Program development, participate in
ethical decision-making for patients, and collaborate with the cancer
committee, administration and healthcare team members.
Those who enroll in hospice care at home sooner live longer and with
better quality of life than those who continue treatment until too ill to
be given anymore. - ANSWERS-True
If a patient is asked where they would prefer to die the most common
answer given is at home with hospice. - ANSWERS-True
What is the definition of Operations Management? - ANSWERS-An
area of management concerned with designing and controlling the
process of production and redesigning business operations in the
production of goods and services.
What is at the heart of Operations Management in healthcare? -
ANSWERS-Identification of barriers to care.
, What is the best way for NN to determine the current patient flow
process across the continuum? - ANSWERS-Follow several patients
through observation from one phase of care to the next.
Without effective operations management, a patient may get
overtreated, undertreated, and/or not receive quality of care. -
ANSWERS-True
Barriers may occur at various points in the cancer continuum, from
prevention to end of life, and may overlap and repeat. - ANSWERS-
True
Components of NN role include assessment, shared decision-making
and identifying resources. - ANSWERS-True
Documented racial and ethnic inequalities also exist in women's
cancer care across disease trajectories. - ANSWERS-True
in 2015, how much higher was cervical cancer incidence in Hispanic
women compared to white? - ANSWERS-50%
Death rate for cervical cancer in black women was twice that of
white, non-Hispanic women. - ANSWERS-True
Patient navigation significantly shortened the time to diagnostic
resolution compared with women who did not receive patient
navigation. - ANSWERS-True
EXAM
What is the goal of nurse navigator programs? - ANSWERS-To
provide optimal care to patients and their families throughout the
cancer care trajectory.
What was the original model of navigation? - ANSWERS-Outreach --
> Patient Navigation --> Rehab
What were the first population of patients navigated? - ANSWERS-
Breast, Cervical, Prostate, Colorectal
What year did AONN change its name? - ANSWERS-2013
What did Blaseg point out about fundamental navigation? -
ANSWERS-"A clear scope of practice with stop and start points will
prevent overlap of the roles of others."
What did Willis publish regarding navigator role delineation
framework? - ANSWERS-The final framework is composed of 12
functional area domains with differences between community health
workers, patient navigators, and clinically licensed navigators
described in each frame.
,What are skills of nurse navigation as identified by the Oncology
Nursing Society? - ANSWERS-Advocacy, Problem Solving, Time
Management, Critical Thinking, Multitasking, Collaboration and
Communication
In addition to ONS nurse navigator skill set, what did AONN add? -
ANSWERS-Leadership and Systems Management
According to ONS, what is the nurse navigator expected to contribute
to the profession? - ANSWERS-Program development, participate in
ethical decision-making for patients, and collaborate with the cancer
committee, administration and healthcare team members.
Those who enroll in hospice care at home sooner live longer and with
better quality of life than those who continue treatment until too ill to
be given anymore. - ANSWERS-True
If a patient is asked where they would prefer to die the most common
answer given is at home with hospice. - ANSWERS-True
What is the definition of Operations Management? - ANSWERS-An
area of management concerned with designing and controlling the
process of production and redesigning business operations in the
production of goods and services.
What is at the heart of Operations Management in healthcare? -
ANSWERS-Identification of barriers to care.
, What is the best way for NN to determine the current patient flow
process across the continuum? - ANSWERS-Follow several patients
through observation from one phase of care to the next.
Without effective operations management, a patient may get
overtreated, undertreated, and/or not receive quality of care. -
ANSWERS-True
Barriers may occur at various points in the cancer continuum, from
prevention to end of life, and may overlap and repeat. - ANSWERS-
True
Components of NN role include assessment, shared decision-making
and identifying resources. - ANSWERS-True
Documented racial and ethnic inequalities also exist in women's
cancer care across disease trajectories. - ANSWERS-True
in 2015, how much higher was cervical cancer incidence in Hispanic
women compared to white? - ANSWERS-50%
Death rate for cervical cancer in black women was twice that of
white, non-Hispanic women. - ANSWERS-True
Patient navigation significantly shortened the time to diagnostic
resolution compared with women who did not receive patient
navigation. - ANSWERS-True
