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Interview with the Innovators

Psychosocial Support for the NSCLC Patient

Kammi Fox-Kay, MSN, RN, AOCNS, ONN-CG(T)
Thoracic Oncology Nurse Navigator
Community Healthcare System
Munster, Indiana
Cathy Simmons, RN, BSN, ONN-CG(T)
Thoracic Oncology Navigator
Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute
Plano, Texas
Lauren Welch, MSN, NP-C, AOCNP
Nurse Practitioner
Tennessee Oncology
Nashville, TN
Lauren Welch, Kammi Fox-Kay, and Cathy Simmons provide their insights into how they arrange for psychosocial support for their NSCLC patients and their families through supportive care teams, psychologists/psychiatrists, and in their own interactions with their patients, in an effort to validate and deal with the patient’s fears and psychological issues.

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