Recently added articles from Oncology Nursing Forum:
A day without a nurse.(Editorial)
May 01, 2009; ... It is May ... time to celebrate spring, the return of warm weather, greening trees, and our annual Congress. National Nurses Week is in May, and the whole month is devoted to oncology nursing. Hospitals across the country will find ways to pay tribute to their nursing staff with food, ...
Oncology Nursing Society member elected president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(appointment of Luana Lamkin)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) member Luana Lamkin, RN, MPH, was elected president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC). She is the administrator for St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute at St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in Idaho. Lamkin has more than 25 years of ...
American Cancer Society honors two ONS members as exemplary cancer caregivers.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Oncology Nursing Forum)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... ONS members Britta Newcomer, RN, BSN, OCN[R], and Kathryn W. Visneski, RN, MSN, APN, AOCN[R], were among 15 cancer care providers chosen to receive the 2009 American Cancer Society (ACS) Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award, a prestigious national prize for cancer caring. The award ...
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association recognizes ONS members.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Oncology Nursing Forum)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) recently recognized ONS members Betty Ferrell, RN, PhD, FAAN, Constance Dahlin, APRN, BC, ACHPN[R], Anne M. Hughes, PhD, RN, FAAN, Tami Borneman, RN, PHN, MSN, CNS, Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, APRN, ACHPN[R], FAAN, Maureen Lynch, MS, APRN, ...
President Obama appoints mary wakefield administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... President Obama announced the appointment of Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Director of the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, Wakefield will oversee this critical ...
Nancy Brinker receives 2009 Porter Prize.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... Nancy Brinker, famed breast cancer activist and founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will be the 2009 recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health's (GSPH) Porter Prize in recognition of her outstanding achievements promoting health and preventing disease ....
Clinical Nurse Specialist commended with top national nursing honor.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... Linda Gorman, APRN, BC, MN, CHPN, recently received the 2009 Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year Award from the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) for her exemplary work in hospice and palliative care. In her position at the 900-bed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in ...
American Nurses Association endorses tobacco position statement of ONS.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Oncology Nursing Forum)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... The American Nurses Association (ANA) Board of Directors, as recommended by the ANA Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics (CNPE), voted to endorse ONS's position statement "Nursing Leadership in Global and Domestic Tobacco Control." "Tobacco continues to be the leading ...
The critical role of oncology nurse practitioners in cancer care: future implications.(LEADERSHIP & PROFESSI ONAL DEVELOPMENT)
May 01, 2009; ... According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (2007), the numbers of people diagnosed and living with cancer will rise by 81% by 2020, yet the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released a report projecting a serious shortfall of trained oncology specialists by 2020 ...
Sexual side effects in women with anal carcinoma.(CLINICAL CHALLENGES)(Case study)
May 01, 2009; ... J.W., a healthy 50-year-old critical care nurse with no significant medical history, was in her second marriage, postmenopausal, a nonsmoker with remote history of smoking for about one year, and reported occasional alcohol use. She presented to her primary care physician with complaints ...
Clinical highlights: sexual side effects of anal carcinoma.(CLINICAL CHALLENGES)
May 01, 2009 ... Definition Anal carcinoma is a cancer that forms in tissues of the anus and the distal orifice of the gastrointestinal tract and generally is a squamous cell carcinoma. Anal carcinoma is a rare malignancy and is distinct from colorectal cancer, which is more common (Minsky, ...
Correlates of adherence to supervised exercise in patients awaiting surgical removal of malignant lung lesions: results of a pilot study.(Article)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ********** Patients undergoing thoracic surgery for malignant lung lesions often present with less than optimal functional status (Handy et al., 2002; Kenny et al., 2008; Visser et al., 2006). Low cardiorespiratory fitness ([VO.sub.2peak]) has been consistently associated with ...
Spiritual well-being and practices among women with gynecologic cancer.(Article)
May 01, 2009; ... ********** Gynecologic cancer attacks the natural foundation of a woman's distinctiveness, her ability to procreate, which brings to mind her loss of sexuality (Ramondetta & Sills, 2004). A diagnosis of cancer can leave a person distressed, stunned, devastated, confused, and ...
Underestimation of breast cancer risk: influence on screening behavior.(Article)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ********** Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. Epidemiology, molecular biology, and genetics have improved the understanding of disease etiology, whereas early detection has helped decrease morbidity and mortality (American ...
Bone health and falls: fracture risk in breast cancer survivors with chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea.(Article)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ********** More than two million breast cancer survivors are living in the United States, with about 24% of them diagnosed prior to menopause (aged 50 years and older) (American Cancer Society, 2007). Although type of treatment varies with disease stage, most breast cancer ...
Cognitive dysfunction and its relationship to quality of life in breast cancer survivors.(Article)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ********** Breast cancer survivors constitute the largest group in the cancer survivor community, and more than 2.4 million female breast cancer survivors are estimated to be living in the United States (American Cancer Society, 2007; Reis et al., 2007). Almost 83% of breast ...
Determinants of mammography screening participation in adult childhood cancer survivors: results from the childhood cancer survivor study.(Article)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ********** Many female childhood cancer survivors ages 20-40 years are at an elevated risk for breast cancer because their developing breast tissue was exposed to radiation during childhood cancer treatment (Hewitt, Weiner, & Simone, 2003; Ries et al., 2007). Survivors of ...
Efficacy of crude marijuana and synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol as treatment for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a systematic literature review.(Journal Club Article)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ********** Using marijuana as medicine is a controversial topic. One of the potential uses of marijuana is to decrease the incidence of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Research on the topic spans decades and may provide useful insight for attenuation of these ...
Fatalism and mammography in a multicultural population.(Article)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... ********** Cancer fatalism has been suggested to be a major barrier to early-detection behaviors and cancer care. Cancer fatalism has been defined as "the belief that death is inevitable when cancer is present" (Powe & Finnie, 2003, p. 454) or a belief that health is beyond an ...
Imatinib mesylate targets gastrointestinal stromal tumors.(PHARMACY CORNER)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec[TM], Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in the adjuvant setting following complete gross resection of Kit-positive gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Approval was granted based on improved recurrence-free ...