This paper examines nurse navigation as a model of integrated care operating across primary and secondary healthcare settings. A two-phase qualitative study involving a focus group with seven nurse navigators (NNs) to explore their understandings and perceptions of the role, followed by in-depth interviews with three NNs to examine current practice, was undertaken in Queensland, Australia. NNs' role spanned a continuum of patient and population care, and involved engagement in clinical integration, coordinating patient care and providing education and points-of-contact for healthcare professionals. NNs also engaged in professional integration, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, education and connections between healthcare professionals, while promoting integrated care across care settings. NNs were enabled through the establishment of relationships, trust and shared communication between stakeholders. NNs' work transcended traditional clinical boundaries, operating horizontally across silos and specialties, which allowed them to avoid (some) system shortfalls. By contributing to a culture of integration, NNs can potentially support more sustainable integrated care practices that extend relationships between healthcare professionals and beyond individual patients. Increasing our understanding of nurse navigation as a model of integrated care, this study illustrates the complexity, diversity and breadth of the role and its ability to contribute to broader, system-wide integration.
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