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July 2009
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This Month on the RE:Connect Blog

You may have seen commercials for two new television series—Nurse Jackie on Showtime or HawthoRNe on TNT—or even watched an episode or two. In “Portrayal of Nurses on TV,” RE:Connect blogger Erin Elphee talks about the way nurses are depicted on these shows and the implications it can have on patients and the public. Share your thoughts on this topic on RE:Connect today.

Also, in “Lessons From a Nurse Living With Cancer,” RE:Connect blogger Joni Watson discusses a nurse coworker who has faced cancer and describes the way survivorship has changed this nurse’s life. How are nurse cancer survivors impacting survivorship in your own practice and lives? Answer the question at RE:Connect.

Latest News

Test Identifies Smokers Likely to Get Lung Cancer
A new urine test may distinguish which smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer by detecting whether smokers have a particular chemical in their urine that has been linked to lung cancer. The risk of lung cancer was 8.5 times higher in those who had the highest levels of this chemical, NNAL, and the highest nicotine levels.

Religion and Faith Impact End-of-Life Care
Terminally ill patients with cancer who relied on religion and spirituality were likely to receive intensive life-prolonging medical care such as mechanical ventilation or cardiopulmonary resuscitation during their last week of life.

New Vaccination Provides Instant Immunity
A new type of vaccine overcomes a major drawback of vaccinations, the lag time of days or weeks that it normally takes for immunity to build against a pathogen. The new method of vaccination could be used to provide instantaneous protection against diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, cancers, and toxins.

Ovarian Cancer Screening May Lead to Unnecessary Surgeries
Screening for ovarian cancer often leads to unnecessary surgeries and does not detect the disease in its early stages, according to a new report from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial.

Stem Cells Create Personalized Tumors
Using ovarian cancer cells and human embryonic stem cells, researchers have created a cancerous tumor in a mouse that mimics the tumor that would have developed in a human body.

New DNA Test for Cervical Cancer Outperforms Pap Test
A new DNA test for the virus that causes cervical cancer is so much better at identifying the human papillomavirus that it could eventually replace the Pap test, according to a new study.

For more details about these news stories, see Just In and New Treatments, New Hope in the July issue.

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2009 ONS Connect Themes

January: Mentoring in Publication
February: Workplace Wellness Programs for Oncology Nurses
March: What Is the Impact of Sleep/Fatigue on Nurse Performance?
April: Outcomes of Using the ONS PEP Cards
May: How Do You Manage a Changing Workforce?
June: Adult Cancer Survivors
July: Oncology Nursing in a Rural Setting
August: Challenges of Ambulatory Clinics
September: Updates in Radiation Therapy
October: Health Policy Advocacy
November: Oncology Nurses as Family Caregivers for Patients With Cancer
December: Geriatric Patients With Cancer

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