Breast Care Navigators

At Morton Plant Hospital, our Breast Cancer Navigators* — a nurse and a social worker — provide individualized guidance to patients diagnosed with breast cancer. The Navigators follow patients through every aspect of treatment and coordinate their care, including any necessary tests, treatment and follow-up care prescribed by the patient's team of breast health specialists. Additional ways the Navigators assist include:

• Coordinating the Breast Cancer Orientation Program for women recently diagnosed with breast cancer
• Being liasions between the patient and physicians to ensure better patient understanding of medical recommendations
• Conducting continual assessment of the educational, physical, psychological and social needs of the patient and family members
• Serving as knowledgeable advocates for each patient
• Linking patients with community resources (i.e., co-payment assistance, bill payment assistance)

* This program is funded through a grant from The Florida Suncoast Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Morton Plant Mease Foundation.