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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 2018 Dec;50(10):3346–3350. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.02.090

Table 1.

Questions for Transplant Navigators

1. What was it about the transplant navigator position that interested you the most?
2. What do you wish you knew before taking the position that you know now?
3. What would you do differently?
4. What does the term “Transplant Navigator” mean to you?
5. What skills or knowledge does someone need to be a successful transplant navigator?
6. What do you enjoy most about being a transplant navigator?
7. What is the most important lesson you have learned as a transplant navigator and why?
8. How did you spend the majority of your time?
9. What ongoing challenges did you face in your work as a navigator?
10. What is the most valuable skill or resource you have that you used to do your job?
11. Describe one patient experience that was the most fulfilling for you.
12. Describe one of your most difficult patient experiences.
13. What did you like most about the training you received?
14. What part of the training did you like the least?
15. What additional skills, information or assistance would have helped to make your job as a transplant navigator easier?
16. What advice would you give someone who wants to become a transplant navigator?
17. What personality traits does someone need to possess in order to be a good navigator?
18. What was your working relationships like with the staff at the dialysis units?
19. How were your working relationships with the transplant office staff and administrators?
20. From your perspective, what are the major strengths of the transplant navigator project?
21. From your view point, what if any are the weak spots in the project?
22. Would being a navigator been easier or more difficult if it was not done as part of a research project? In what ways?