Rise Of The Nurse Navigator

Rise Of The Nurse Navigator

Rise Of The Nurse Navigator

Nurse navigators are nurses who help people manage their health-care experiences by using their specialist knowledge, as well as their organisational and leadership skills. They help patients navigate the health-care system and develop systematic plans to improve their overall quality of life. If medical care grows more complex and an emphasis is placed on intensive care facilities to minimise length of stay and readmissions, the nurse navigator will certainly become more useful. Patients become vulnerable to a multitude of points of routine failure as they visit the hospital, obstructing proper care[1]. This role has become particularly critical as the population ages and chronic health conditions become more widespread.

Nurse navigators may work for themselves, a private nurse firm, an insurance company, doctor associations, or medical facilities (more on entrepreneurship opportunities below). The nurse navigator’s role is to assist patients with identifying and using appropriate neighbourhood and administrative resources after they are released. Assistance in arranging follow-up appointments with a primary or specialist health care provider, receiving dependable surgical instruments, or obtaining specialised care for medical conditions such as wound control and medication management can also aid in the return to the United States. Hiring a nurse navigator to identify patient preferences and align them with needed care is a winning strategy for certain individuals[2].

Fig4: Stem Cell Technology[1]

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