Zhane' Fugate

BSN, RN
NaviCare PLLC
Zhane'

Zhane' Fugate

BSN, RN
NaviCare PLLC
Advocate Location
Seattle , WA 98034
Specialty
Medical Guidance
Other Services
Special Care & Aging
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
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How I Can Help
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WHERE EMPATHY MEETS EXPERTISE

At NaviCare, your advocate is a nurse—combining clinical knowledge with personalized advocacy and healthcare navigation to bring clarity to your care while keeping you at the center. Three levels of personalized support:

1. VITAL CHECKPOINT
A Proactive Health Review: A dedicated space to step away from the demands of everyday life, take a closer look at your health as a whole, and identify what deserves attention moving forward.

THIS MAY BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF: You’re managing multiple health concerns, want a proactive and preventive approach to your health, or need a manageable plan with clear next steps that fit your priorities and everyday life.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:
-Review your healthcare journey to identify preventive care needs, current health priorities, and important areas for follow-up.
-1 hr Guidance Session With a Nurse Advocate: Discuss your concerns, better understand your current health situation, and establish practical next steps.
-Personalized Action Plan: Outlines three priority next steps and tailored questions to discuss with your healthcare team.

2. DIAGNOSTIC DISCOVERY SESSION
Clarity for a Complex Care Journey: For those navigating persistent or difficult-to-manage symptoms, an uncertain diagnosis, or health concerns that may warrant further evaluation, this session provides an in-depth review of your medical history to identify patterns, unresolved areas, and potential areas to explore.

THIS MAY BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF: You’re still searching for a diagnosis, questioning whether a current diagnosis fully explains what you’re experiencing, feel that important symptoms or concerns have not yet been fully explored, or are preparing for an important specialist, second-opinion, or specialty-center evaluation.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:
-1 hr Guidance Session With a Nurse Advocate: Review your medical history, discuss your current health situation, and clarify priorities and next steps.
-Focused Record Review & Symptom Pattern Mapping: Review medical records, symptoms, prior testing, and provider evaluations to identify patterns and build a focused medical timeline.
-Personalized Diagnostic Strategy Roadmap: Outlines current and potential diagnoses to discuss with your healthcare team, specialty evaluations to explore, provider and appointment strategy, and personalized questions for an upcoming specialist appointment.

3. CARE IN MOTION
Ongoing Support & Guidance: Flexible, ongoing patient advocacy and healthcare navigation that adapts to your current needs, aligns with your care priorities, and evolves alongside your healthcare journey.

THIS MAY BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF: You’re looking for a partner in your healthcare journey who can provide ongoing support and guidance, help coordinate the moving parts of your care, and navigate new needs, concerns, and next steps as they arise.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:
-Ongoing Nurse Advocate Support: Personalized guidance as new concerns, questions, appointments, and care needs arise.
-Care Coordination: Tracking referrals, testing, recommendations, and outstanding next steps to help keep your care moving forward.
-Provider Communication & Appointment Support: Support with healthcare team communication, appointment preparation, personalized questions, and follow-up management.
-Specialty-Center Navigation & Preparation: Strategic preparation and ongoing navigation when pursuing evaluation through major specialty care institutions such as Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, and similar institutions.
-Ongoing Healthcare Navigation: Review of new information, testing, recommendations, and changes in your health to clarify priorities and adapt your strategy as your care evolves.

NaviCare's Role: Our services complement your medical care by helping you become more informed, organized, prepared, and actively involved throughout your healthcare journey.
Important Information About Me
  • I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
  • I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
  • I am insured
  • My geographical area of practice is Based in the Greater Seattle Area. Offering fully remote services throughout Washington State and nationwide.
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
My soul’s purpose was shaped by surviving childhood cancer—and by the nurses, caregivers, and family who stood beside me through the darkest and brightest moments. Because of them, I became a nurse. I wanted to give to others what had been given to me: hope, strength, and compassion.

As a nurse, it’s been a privilege to walk alongside people during some of the most vulnerable, joyful, and sacred moments of their lives.These experiences gave me a perspective few are afforded—one that not only understands the complexities of the healthcare system but also sees the gaps, the overwhelm, and the quiet burdens patients and families carry every day.

That’s why I founded NaviCare.Too many people go through their most critical moments without the guidance and support they need. With a background in acute care nursing—specializing in neurology, cardiology, and complex diagnoses—I saw firsthand how often patients are left without answers, without clarity, and without true coordination.

NaviCare was created to bridge those gaps. It’s where clinical expertise meets real-world understanding—offering personalized advocacy that helps people feel seen, heard, and truly supported in their care. That’s what I needed once. And now, it’s what I offer to others.
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Formal Education
Washington State University, Bachelors of Science in Nursing 2018
Additional Skills
-Diagnostic and Complex-Care Navigation-
Diagnostic journey
Persistent or unexplained symptom navigation
Difficult-to-diagnose conditions
Complex and multisystem health concerns
Multiple specialists and fragmented care
Inconclusive or conflicting medical information
Delayed diagnosis and prolonged diagnostic journeys
Care-gap identification
Specialist navigation
Second-opinion preparation

-Medical Information Organization-
Medical-record review and organization
Health-history timelines
Symptom pattern identification
Medication-list organization
Medical-summary development
Provider-ready health summaries
Testing, referral, and follow-up tracking
Diagnostic roadmap development
Written next-step planning

-Appointment and Communication Support-
Healthcare appointment preparation
Specialist appointment preparation
Specialty-Center Preparation
Personalized provider questions
Appointment priority development
Provider communication preparation
Medical terminology education
Referral follow-up preparation
Care coordination
Healthcare organization
Patient self-advocacy support

-Patient Experience-
Feeling dismissed or unheard
Unsure where to begin
Something has changed with your health
Persistent symptoms without clear answers
Multiple symptoms affecting different body systems
Several concerns competing for attention
Difficulty explaining a complex health history
Repeated testing without a clear next step
Unfinished testing, referrals, or follow-up
Preparing for an important medical appointment
Seeking another medical opinion
Overwhelmed by managing healthcare alone

-Areas of Clinical Experience-

Neurological and cognitive concerns
Dysautonomia and autonomic symptoms
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Orthostatic intolerance and neurocardiogenic syncope
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility
Mast cell activation syndrome, or MCAS
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS
Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions
Post-infectious syndromes and long COVID
Chronic pain and fibromyalgia
Migraine and headache disorders
Gastrointestinal and nutritional concerns
Sleep disorders and nonrestorative sleep
Genitourinary and pelvic health concerns
Complex symptoms involving multiple body systems
Spinal conditions, neurological recovery, and rehabilitation needs
Professional Affiliations
I hold current certifications in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), a critical assessment tool for evaluating and managing patients with acute neurological symptoms. I am an active member of Health Advocate X and currently serve as President of Forever Fighters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the pediatric oncology population and their families.