Posts tagged with: oncology

Appreciating Nurses

Nurse’s Week (May 6-12) and Oncology Nursing Month (May) are quickly approaching. It seems like the social media/blogosphere buzz begins every year around this time: “Do we really need Nurse’s Week,” “Don’t give me an appreciative key chain,” and “Puh-leeease... Read More

Survivorship Care Plans in Research and Practice

The Article: Salz, T., Oeffinger, K., McCabe, M., Layne, T., & Bach, P. (2012). Survivorship care plans in research and practice. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 62(2): 101-116. Big Idea: Recommended by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) and now... Read More

In Memoriam: Becca Babcock

Becca Babcock. You may not know her. You may have never heard her name. I first learned of Becca from a friend and founder of Voices of Survivors, Lynn Lane. I was looking for a young adult’s cancer story I... Read More

$1 Million An Hour Spent to Recruit New Smokers

According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Big Tobacco spends $1 million per hour (PER HOUR!!) marketing their products. That’s $10 billion – billion, with a “B” – to get people, including 1.4 million kids, to try their first cigarette... Read More

Free Colorectal Cancer CNE, Unrelated Career Advice, and Self-Care

I’ve exercised my writing muscles lately. You can find my work and words in a few other places currently: If you’re in need of some continuing nursing education credits or want to learn more about colorectal cancer, check out the... Read More

New Nursing Research Journal Articles Via Video

UCSD Health System just released its eighth Nursing Research News You Can Use video, this time on caregivers of cancer patients. Don’t have time to read recent journal articles on the topic? No worries. You can watch them! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dUYNqGmKx0 Help... Read More

The Motherload of Oncology Patient Assistance Services

If you’re an oncology nurse navigator, case manager, social worker, patient advocate, or patient yourself, you’re going to want to download the Association of Community Cancer Center’s (ACCC) 2012 Patient Assistance and Reimbursement Guide. It is packed with every Pharmacy... Read More

Drinking the Lemonade: Nurse Researchers Focus on Childhood Cancer

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) recently awarded a refreshing $100,000 to three nurse researchers. Pam Hinds, RN, PhD, Celeste Phillips-Salimi, PhD, and Gloanna Peek, RN, MSN, received varying amounts over the next two years to study childhood and adolescent and... Read More

Read…Er…Watch Your Journal Articles

Have I mentioned how much I love this idea? Why, yes; yes, I have. UCSD Health System just released its seventh Nursing Research News You Can Use video, this time on cancer patients and falls. Don’t have time to read... Read More

Metrics for Evaluating Patient Navigation During Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Article: Guadagnolo, B.A., Dohan, D, & Raich, P. (2011). Metrics for evaluating patient navigation during cancer diagnosis and treatment: Crafting a policy-relevant research agenda for patient navigation in cancer care. Cancer, 117(S15): 3563-3572. Big Idea: The American Cancer Society convened a... Read More