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? |