Blessing Breast Center nurse earns national certification

QUINCY — Jessica Nuebel, breast center navigator for the Blessing Breast Center, has earned breast health clinical navigator status after meeting the requirements of the National Consortium of Breast Centers.

The Breast Health Clinical Navigator accreditation sets standards of achievement that enhance patient safety, quality of care and delivery of service and recognizes professionals who advance beyond the basic knowledge in this specialty field.

As a breast health clinical navigator, Nuebel is a point of contact for patients who request her assistance. She can attend medical appointments to take notes for the patient, ensure they understand the information shared during the appointments and help address barriers the patient may experience in complying with their plan of care throughout their treatment. There is no cost for Nuebel’s services.

Nuebel earned her master of science and bachelor of science in nursing degrees from Blessing-Rieman
College of Nursing and Health Science and her associate degree in nursing from Southeastern
Community College in West Burlington, Iowa. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society, Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators and the National Consortium of Breast Centers, and she is treasurer of the Tri-State Oncology Nurses Society. Nuebel also holds inpatient obstetric nursing certification. She worked in obstetrics at Blessing Hospital for 18 years before joining the Blessing Breast Center team in 2020.