Effects of nurse navigators on health outcomes of cancer patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 376-384

  Lee, Taewha ^a   Ko, Ilsun ^a   Lee, Insook ^b   Kim, Eunhyun ^c   Shin, Mikyong ^d   Roh, Sunghoon ^e   Yoon, Dongsup ^f   Choi, Seungho ^f   Chang, Hangseok ^f  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Nursing   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Care coordination; Health outcomes; Nurse navigator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; ONCOLOGY NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 80052259935     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182025007     Document Type: Article

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