Rochelle Waddell, RN, serves as a nurse navigator for lung cancer screening at the Appalachian Regional Healthcare System. Rochelle has worked as a registered nurse in oncology, care navigator in chronic care management, operating room manager and as a clinic head nurse. In her current role, Rochelle works to educate the community about the benefits of early lung cancer detection through low dose CT and to ensure providers have all they need in offering this screening to patients and lower rates of lung cancer in Appalachia.
She has made it a priority to increase awareness of lung cancer and lung cancer screening within her health system and community.
Rochelle obtained her nursing degree from Hazard Community and Technical College in 2004, and prior to that, worked as an emergency room clerk for ARH. She has truly spent her career bettering the health of Appalachians.