Personalized Nurse Navigation
You Don’t Have to Navigate Healthcare Alone
When doctors, medications, and next steps feel overwhelming, a registered nurse can help you make sense of it all and move forward with confidence.
Clarity for Every Step
Understand your care plan, prepare questions, and keep important details in one place.
Support for Your Family
Get dependable nursing guidance for yourself or a loved one, even when family lives far away.
A Nurse by Your Side Through Complicated Care
A registered nurse healthcare navigator and advocate helps you and your family bring order to a complex care journey. Together, you can organize medications, appointments, specialists, and medical information so nothing important gets lost. Your nurse can help you prepare for visits, track what your healthcare team recommends, and understand the questions to ask next. When appropriate, they can accompany you to appointments and help communicate your concerns. It’s practical, compassionate support that helps you feel informed, heard, and less alone.
Personalized nursing support
Help for Every Step of Your Care
Health Information Organization
Bring medications, providers, appointments, and health concerns together in one clear picture.
Appointment Preparation
Identify your priorities and prepare questions before you meet with your care team.
Appointment Support
When appropriate, a nurse can join your visit, take notes, and help track recommendations.
Care Plan Navigation
Sort through tests, treatments, and specialist recommendations so you know what comes next.
Medication Review Support
Create an up-to-date medication list and flag questions to discuss with your clinicians.
Communication & Advocacy
Express your concerns clearly and make sure your questions are brought to your care team.
Follow-Up Coordination
Keep track of referrals, appointments, and next steps after each conversation about your care.
Family Care Support
Help loved ones stay informed and organized, even when they live far away.
How Nurse Navigation Works
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Frequently asked questions
What is a nurse healthcare navigator?
A nurse healthcare navigator and advocate is a registered nurse who helps you and your family make sense of a complicated care journey. Your nurse helps you organize medications, appointments, specialists and medical information, prepare for visits, and understand what your care team recommends, so nothing important gets lost.
Who is Nurse Navigator support for?
It’s for anyone who feels overwhelmed by their healthcare, whether you’re managing your own care or helping a parent, spouse or other loved one. It’s especially helpful when there are several doctors or specialists involved, or when family members live far away and want to stay informed.
What can a Nurse Navigator help me with?
- Bringing medications, providers, appointments and health concerns together in one clear picture
- Preparing your priorities and questions before appointments
- Joining your visit when appropriate to take notes and track recommendations
- Sorting through tests, treatments and specialist recommendations
- Keeping an up-to-date medication list and flagging questions for your clinicians
- Following up on referrals, appointments and next steps
- Keeping family members informed and organized
Does a Nurse Navigator replace my doctor?
No. Your nurse navigator works alongside your existing doctors and care team, not in place of them. Medical decisions stay between you and your clinicians. The navigator’s role is to help you understand your options, prepare the right questions, and make sure your concerns are heard.
Can a Nurse Navigator come to appointments with me?
When appropriate, yes. Your nurse can join your visit, take notes, help communicate your concerns, and keep track of what your healthcare team recommends so you can focus on the conversation.
I live far from my parent. Can you still help?
Yes. Many families use a nurse navigator when they can’t be there in person. Your nurse can help your loved one stay organized and keep you informed, so everyone understands the care plan and next steps.
Where do you provide services?
Karen meets with clients in person throughout New England, and also offers virtual sessions, so you can get support wherever you or your loved one lives.
Who will I be working with?
Nurse navigation is led by Karen O’Donnell, RN, founder of Caring Nurses Staffing Agency. Karen has more than 30 years of bedside nursing experience, much of it in emergency departments across New England.
How do I get started?
It starts with an initial consultation. Call Karen at (603) 305-0841, email karen@caringnursessa.com, or fill out the form on the Nurse Navigator page. We’ll listen to your concerns, review your situation, and talk about where support would help most.
Support starts with a conversation
Schedule Your Initial Consultation
Whether you’re navigating your own care or helping someone you love, reach out to discuss how a nurse can support you. Ask for Karen O’Donnell, RN, Nurse Healthcare Navigator & Advocate. Call (603) 305-0841 or email karen@caringnursessa.com, to schedule your initial consultation.