[The process of integrating oncology nurse navigators into joint (hospital-community) local teams].
Implementing oncology nurse navigators or IPOs (which stands for "infirmière pivot en oncologie") is a key element of the Québec Cancer Control Program in order to improve the continuity of care. This qualitative study describes the process of implementing IPOs in teams working both in hospitals and in the community. Several groups of stakeholders (IPOs, physicians, nurses, various health workers, administrators, people with cancer and their families) described how they perceive the functions and effects related to this implementation. After putting results into perspective, we recommend developing measures promoting the dissemination of the role and integration of IPOs in formally defined health teams. We strongly advocate for the continuation of joint efforts in order to define and clarify this complex role.
Fillion
Lise
L
Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université Laval. lise.fillion@fsi.ulaval.ca
Aubin
Michèle
M
de Serres
Marie
M
Robitaille
Danielle
D
Veillette
Anne-Marie
AM
Rainville
François
F
D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011792:Quebec