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Joni Watson

Joni Watson
Relieving Patients & Families of Financial Distress
Joni Watson, MSN, MBA, RN, OCN
5/14/2013  12
Financial distress can often be just as paralyzing or even more distressing than an actual cancer diagnosis -- we see this often.

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Rachel Odo

Rachel Odo
Post-Traumatic Growth in Cancer Care
Rachel Odo, Clinical Social Worker
5/8/2013  11
Bring together a group of oncology professionals, and almost inevitably, talk will turn to the stress and distress of doing this work that we have chosen. The hours, the intensity, ...

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Rachel Odo

Rachel Odo
Gallows Humor
Rachel Odo, Clinical Social Worker
5/2/2013  11
Someone once said, "It is his sense of humor that enables a man to see the funny side of things that have no funny side." In thinking about my work, I realize how much of my own ...

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Laura Newton

Laura Newton
A Cancer Victory Garden for the Body & Soul
Laura Newton, MA, RD
5/1/2013  7
Spring has finally spring! Does anyone plant a garden? A neighbor gave me some fresh, homegrown lettuce and parsley this weekend and it is amazing how much better it tastes knowing ...

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Rachel Odo

Rachel Odo
Parallel Process
Rachel Odo, Clinical Social Worker
4/23/2013  11
Parallel process is a term that emerged from within the psychoanalytic tradition in reference to the experience of mirrored emotional response and reaction between therapist and ...

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Rachel Odo

Rachel Odo
Lessons From the Bamboo Forest
Rachel Odo, Clinical Social Worker
4/10/2013  9
We've been talking recently about resilience in some of the support groups I lead. In one group, I shared a Japanese proverb (there are versions of it in cultures throughout Asia): ...

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Lori Smith

Lori Smith
World Health Day
Lori Smith, BSN, MSN, CRNP
4/5/2013  4
Marking the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948, April 7 is World Health Day. Annually, a health theme is selected, and hypertension is the ...

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Michelle Bragazzi

Michelle Bragazzi
Anti-Depressant Drug Showing Promise for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Michelle Bragazzi, BS, RN
4/3/2013  17
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a side effect oncology professionals see all too often among cancer patients who receive neurotoxic chemotherapy drugs. While ...

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Deborah A. Boyle

Deborah A. Boyle
Healthy Caregiving Tips for Oncology Nurses
Deborah A. Boyle, RN, MSN, AOCNS, FAAN
3/29/2013  8
Compassion Satisfaction: 50 Steps to Healthy Caregiving, a book by Patricia Smith, delineates the author's thoughts on energizing ways for caregivers (both lay and professional) to ...

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Webinar Series
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 12:00 PM EDT

Presented by Denise Friesema, MS, RN, OCN, this webinar will:

  • Discuss the role of the oncology nurse in clinical trials
  • Provide an overview of the staff nurse and clinical trial nurse roles as clinical provider, coordinator, patient advocate, and data recorder
  • Offer participants a chance to ask questions during a live question and answer period

Register for this informative free webinar now!

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The 2013 Nurse Compensation Survey Results Are In
Michelle Bragazzi, BS, RN,
5/3/2013  32
In February, TheONC surveyed more than 600 oncology nurses to find out more about their careers. We wanted to know if they felt adequately compensated and satisfied within their ...
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