Recently added articles from Oncology Nursing Forum:
2009-2013 Oncology Nursing Society Research Agenda: why is it important?(Guest editorial)
Sep 01, 2009; Given, Barbara A. ... The 2009-2013 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Research Agenda is available in this issue (see page 514), spearheading the next set of priorities for ONS members to consider in their research and practice. Since 2001, ONS has released an agenda not only for its members but also for agencies ...
Oncology Nursing Society member named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(appointment of Betty Ferrell)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Morse, Linda K. ... The Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association (HPNA) announced Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) member Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, FAAN, FPC, as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing (JHPN), the official journal of HPNA. Ferrell will assume the official role on ...
ONS member becomes director at City of Hope.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(oncology nursing forum appoints Mary L. Scott)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Morse, Linda K. ... ONS member Mary L. Scott, RN, a nursing director with more than 30 years of experience in management and administration, joined City of Hope as director of clinical practice and education. She is responsible for ensuring the delivery of the highest quality patient care through staff ...
ONS member elected to Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Board of Directors.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(oncology nursing forum)(pennsylvania state nurses association appoints Mary Louise Kanaskie)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Morse, Linda K. ... ONS member Mary Louise Kanaskie, MS, RNBC, AOCN [R], has been elected vice president of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA) Board of Directors for a two-year term. The PSNA Board of Directors oversees the activities of the association, which include advocating and supporting ...
ONS member receives research grant.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(oncology nursing forum)(hospice of palliative nurses foundation )(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Morse, Linda K. ... ONS member Ann Marie Dose, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, received the 2009 End-of-Life Nursing Care Research Grant from the Hospice of Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF) and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) for her proposed research project, "Transition from Hospital to ...
ONS members receive APEX Awards for Publication Excellence.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Awards list)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Morse, Linda K. ... The 21st annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence recognized five ONS members. Peg Esper, MSN, MSA, RN, AOCN [R], APRN-BC, and Kim K. Kuebler, MN, RN, APRN-BC, were winners in the books and ebooks subcategory and Barbara Holmes Gobel, RN, MS, AOCNS [R], Shirley Trisest-Robinson, RN, ...
ONS President present at signing of tobacco law.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(oncology nursing forum)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Morse, Linda K. ... ONS President Brenda Nevidjon, RN, MSN, FAAN, attended the White House Rose Garden ceremony on June 22, as President Barack Obama signed into law the Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act. Passage of the bill, sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), was one of ONS's top healthcare policy ...
Sanchez-Williams accepts M.D. Anderson Nurse-Oncologist Award.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Morse, Linda K. ... Gisela Sanchez-Williams, RN, ANPBC, an advanced practice nurse in the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's Department of Neurosurgery spine program, was named recipient of the 2009 Ethel Fleming Arceneaux Outstanding Nurse-Oncologist Award. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
American Journal of Nursing voted one of the most influential journals.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; Morse, Linda K. ... The BioMedical and Life Sciences Division (DBIO) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) announced the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) as one of the 100 most influential journals in biology and medicine in the past century. AJN, published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins since 1900, ...
ONS conference calendar.(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Leadership Development Institute October 22-25, 2009 The Woodlands, Houston, TX Advanced Practice Nursing Conference ...
The development of a cervical cancer prevention program for underserved women in the Dominican Republic.(LEADERSHIP & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Montgomery, Kymberlee ... Often referred to as the "Jewel of the Caribbean," the Dominican Republic (DR) boasts more than 1,000 miles of majestic, white sandy beaches outlining the clear, blue, sparkling Caribbean Sea. However, beyond the golden sunsets of the beautiful country lie the tragedy and stark reality for ...
Prechemotherapy cardiac assessment.(CLINICAL CHALLENGES)(Column)
Sep 01, 2009; Moore, Susan ... The topic for this article arose from a question submitted by Doris Cowell, RN, BSN, OCN[R], from the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, asking about a nurse's liability if the physician does not want to have a standard prechemotherapy test completed (e.g., ...
Clinical highlights: prechemotherapy cardiac assessment.(CLINICAL CHALLENGES)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Definition Cardiac failure is defined as inadequate contractile force of the left ventricle to eject the required amount of blood for perfusion (Hunt et al., 2005). It reflects an absolute decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) more than 10% from baseline and is ...
Does muscle-derived interleukin-6 mediate some of the beneficial effects of exercise on cancer treatment--related fatigue?(Article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Wood, Lisa J. ... Fatigue is a common and often debilitating symptom associated with cancer treatment. Although the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer treatment--related fatigue (CTRF) have yet to be fully elucidated, it may be homologous to the fatigue associated with "sickness behavior," a cluster of ...
Dietary soy intake and breast cancer risk.(Article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Enderlin, Carol A. ... About one in eight women born in the United States today is at risk for receiving a breast cancer diagnosis during his or her lifetime. In 2009, an estimated 192,370 women will be diagnosed with and 40,170 will die from breast cancer (National Cancer Institute [NCI], 2009). The risk for ...
The effects of mastery on pain and fatigue resolution.(Article)
Sep 01, 2009; Byma, Elizabeth A. ... The psychological resource of mastery is the personal control felt over occurrences that are perceived to have an important effect on one's life (Pearlin & Pioli, 2003). Mastery can be global (i.e., generalized to multiple areas of life) or domain specific (Pearlin & Pioli), such as ...
Blending voices of Mexican American cancer caregivers and healthcare providers to improve care.(Article)
Sep 01, 2009; Cagle, Carolyn Spence ... A large percentage of the U.S. population provides informal care to an ill family member, supporting an urgent need for nursing research to explore the caregiving experience and its influence on caregiver health and family functioning (Moore, Moire, & Patrick, 2004; Northouse, Kershaw, ...
Variability of patterns of fatigue and quality of life over time based on different breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy regimens.(Article)(Survey)
Sep 01, 2009; Berger, Ann M. ... Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society ([ACS], 2009), an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer and an additional 62,280 new cases of in situ breast cancer are expected to occur in the ...
The significance of motherhood for adolescents whose mothers have breast cancer.(Article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Clemmens, Donna A. ... Of the almost 200,000 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer each year (Jemal et al., 2009), many have adolescent children. Although the effect of breast cancer on women and their spouses has been well researched (Hoskins & Haber, 2000; Lewis, Hammond, & Woods, 1993; Northouse, Templin, ...
Living with death and dying: the experience of Taiwanese hospice nurses.(Article)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; Wu, Hung-Lan ... Compared to Western countries, the idea of hospice and palliative care is relatively new to Taiwan. In 1990, the first inpatient hospice in Taiwan was opened to provide end-of-life (EOL) care for terminally ill patients with cancer. Since then, the number of hospice and palliative care ...
