AONN CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
What are Cancer Costs by 2020 - ANS $173 Billion
When was Affordable Care Act Passed - ANS 2010
What is the Affordable Care Act - ANS By 1/1/14 citizens must have health ins or pay penalty
What is NCCN Distress Thermometer - ANS Tool to identify barriers and issues of distress
What is Mullan's Seasons of Survival Model - ANS 3 stages of survival - Acute, Extended,
Permanent
What is Bidimensional Orientation of NN Role - ANS Patient-centered and healthcare system-
centered
What is the Freeman Model - ANS Navigation model using community members to help
underserved and poor gain access to breast cancer screenings
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,What is Major Purpose of Navigation - ANS Provide personal assistance in eliminating barriers
to care
What is Belmont Report and Informed Consent - ANS Informed Consent is an example of the
ethical principle Autonomy
When did ONS Implemented NN Role - ANS 2008
Lillie's Book When - ANS 2011
When was Patient Navigation Research Program Formed - ANS 2002
What is CoC Standard 3.1 - ANS ID and address a new barrier each year
What is Palliative Care - ANS Symptom Management, not hospice
What is #1 of wishes in dying patients? - ANS Be Kept Clean (99% of patients)
What to Expect --> Physical Condition - ANS 96% of patients say this is important
What % of patients wish to die at home - ANS 50-90%
How many patients die at home - ANS 10-35%
How many patients die in hospitals - ANS 50-60%
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, What is average length of time pt receives hospice - ANS 5 days
What is % ICU deaths of metastatic patients - ANS 21%
What do patients think when they hear: "Hopeful your tumor will respond to this treatment" -
ANS 30-81% patients think "cure"
True/False: Being honest doesn't take away hope - ANS True
What is #1 fear of entering hospice - ANS Fear of abandonment by their doctor
What are 3 Phases of Hope? - ANS 1) miracle, 2) long life w/quality of life, 3) accepting
shortened life but still hope for quality of life
What is the mean cost of cancer care in last 6 months of life? - ANS $74,000 (only 4% is
hospice)
True/False: Advanced Directives are just CPR - ANS False
True/False: Poor communication is why pts don't get care they desire - ANS True
What is Role of Navigation - ANS Improve patient's timely access to cancer-related care
throughout the cancer continuum
When Was Term "Patient Navigation" First Coined - ANS 1990's by Harold Freeman in Harlem,
NY
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
What are Cancer Costs by 2020 - ANS $173 Billion
When was Affordable Care Act Passed - ANS 2010
What is the Affordable Care Act - ANS By 1/1/14 citizens must have health ins or pay penalty
What is NCCN Distress Thermometer - ANS Tool to identify barriers and issues of distress
What is Mullan's Seasons of Survival Model - ANS 3 stages of survival - Acute, Extended,
Permanent
What is Bidimensional Orientation of NN Role - ANS Patient-centered and healthcare system-
centered
What is the Freeman Model - ANS Navigation model using community members to help
underserved and poor gain access to breast cancer screenings
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,What is Major Purpose of Navigation - ANS Provide personal assistance in eliminating barriers
to care
What is Belmont Report and Informed Consent - ANS Informed Consent is an example of the
ethical principle Autonomy
When did ONS Implemented NN Role - ANS 2008
Lillie's Book When - ANS 2011
When was Patient Navigation Research Program Formed - ANS 2002
What is CoC Standard 3.1 - ANS ID and address a new barrier each year
What is Palliative Care - ANS Symptom Management, not hospice
What is #1 of wishes in dying patients? - ANS Be Kept Clean (99% of patients)
What to Expect --> Physical Condition - ANS 96% of patients say this is important
What % of patients wish to die at home - ANS 50-90%
How many patients die at home - ANS 10-35%
How many patients die in hospitals - ANS 50-60%
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, What is average length of time pt receives hospice - ANS 5 days
What is % ICU deaths of metastatic patients - ANS 21%
What do patients think when they hear: "Hopeful your tumor will respond to this treatment" -
ANS 30-81% patients think "cure"
True/False: Being honest doesn't take away hope - ANS True
What is #1 fear of entering hospice - ANS Fear of abandonment by their doctor
What are 3 Phases of Hope? - ANS 1) miracle, 2) long life w/quality of life, 3) accepting
shortened life but still hope for quality of life
What is the mean cost of cancer care in last 6 months of life? - ANS $74,000 (only 4% is
hospice)
True/False: Advanced Directives are just CPR - ANS False
True/False: Poor communication is why pts don't get care they desire - ANS True
What is Role of Navigation - ANS Improve patient's timely access to cancer-related care
throughout the cancer continuum
When Was Term "Patient Navigation" First Coined - ANS 1990's by Harold Freeman in Harlem,
NY
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