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    Nursing Students Connect Beyond the Classroom With ONS Resources
    Nursing education
    Nursing Students Connect Beyond the Classroom With ONS Resources
    March 05, 2021
    COVID-19 Affects Cancer Caregivers, but Here Are Ways to Support Them
    COVID-19
    COVID-19 Affects Cancer Caregivers, but Here Are Ways to Support Them
    February 19, 2021
    Celebrate Oncology Nurse Leaders During Black History Month
    ONS Leadership
    Celebrate Oncology Nurse Leaders During Black History Month
    February 03, 2021
    Am I Too Shy to Lead?
    Nurse staffing
    Am I Too Shy to Lead?
    January 29, 2021
    Zoom Through Video Job Interviews With These Tips for Applicants and Hiring Managers
    nursing professional development
    Zoom Through Video Job Interviews With These Tips for Applicants and Hiring Managers
    January 22, 2021
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    Biden Addresses Health Care and Racial Disparities in Series of Executive Orders
    Cancer health disparities

    Biden Addresses Health Care and Racial Disparities in Series of Executive Orders

    Since taking office, President Joe Biden has made good on his campaign promises to change federal tone and action in response to Americans’ concerns about health care and racial equity. On January 28, 2021, Biden signed an executive order (EO) extending the timeline for more Americans to apply for and receive access to the Affordable Care Act, reiterating his commitment to the law known as Obamacare. Biden also signed an EO supporting women’s health by reinstating Title X protections. 

    March 08, 2021
    CDC Campaign Fights Declining Cancer Screening Rates
    Cancer screening

    CDC Campaign Fights Declining Cancer Screening Rates

    Nearly 1.9 million people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in 2021. However, overall cancer screenings dropped roughly 80% in 2020 because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and statewide stay-at-home orders. To combat the decline, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) new outreach campaign reminds patients and providers of the importance of cancer screening. 

    March 05, 2021
    Nurses Help NIH Clinical Center Kick Off COVID-19 Vaccinations
    COVID-19

    Nurses Help NIH Clinical Center Kick Off COVID-19 Vaccinations

    Is anyone a better champion of the importance of vaccines to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic than a nurse? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) doesn’t think so. During a late-December videocast at the NIH Clinical Center, prominent healthcare leaders, including nurses, received the Moderna vaccine to demonstrate that it is safe and effective and to encourage others to get inoculated.

    February 25, 2021
    Biden Transition Team Appoints Health Experts to Lead Various Agencies
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Biden Transition Team Appoints Health Experts to Lead Various Agencies

    President Joe Biden made several campaign promises to improve or safeguard health care for all Americans with a focus on scientific and medical evidence. Shortly after the transfer of power, the Biden administration appointed and nominated public health experts to lead the various federal agencies dedicated to safety and biomedical research. 

    February 24, 2021
    COVID-19 Immunity Lasts Multiple Months, NIH Study Shows
    COVID-19

    COVID-19 Immunity Lasts Multiple Months, NIH Study Shows

    Healthcare providers are one of the most at-risk populations for contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus. However, a 2020 study of healthcare workers found that acquired immunity from an initial COVID-19 infection offers protection against reinfection for at least six months or asymptomatic infection in the rare instances where someone subsequently tested positive within six months of acquiring immunity. 

    February 23, 2021
    FDA Campaign Targets Youth Tobacco Use With Classroom Education
    Cancer risk prevention

    FDA Campaign Targets Youth Tobacco Use With Classroom Education

    What’s the real cost of youth vaping? In a campaign to combat the ongoing epidemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Scholastic, which publishes classroom magazines with accompanying teacher guides, provided e-cigarette education materials for middle and high school students to teach young Americans about the risks of e-cigarette use and nicotine addiction.

    February 22, 2021
    CMS Changes to Medicare Prescription Coverage Could Affect Patient Care
    Access to cancer care

    CMS Changes to Medicare Prescription Coverage Could Affect Patient Care

    From Teddy Roosevelt to JFK, presidents throughout history have sent legislation to Capitol Hill with the intent to expand healthcare coverage to more Americans. Finally, when Lyndon B. Johnson drafted a bill and pushed it through Congress by expanding sections of the Social Security Act, Medicare become an entitlement and is now implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). During the past 50 years, federal health coverage has grown to include Medicaid, maternal and childcare assistance, public health programs, and prescription medication pricing.

    February 18, 2021
    Coalitions Cement Nursing’s—and ONS’s—Position in Health Policy
    Cancer health policy

    Coalitions Cement Nursing’s—and ONS’s—Position in Health Policy

    Through two letters—one to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and another to U.S. Senate and House leaders—the Nursing Community Coalition, on whose steering committee ONS sits, congratulated policymakers while outlining the need for continued support of nurses in health care. 

    February 18, 2021
    Nurses Exemplify Pandemic Response and Preparedness Report
    COVID-19

    Nurses Exemplify Pandemic Response and Preparedness Report

    A nurse was the first U.S. citizen to receive the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. Biden also recently appointed a nurse to the COVID-19 advisory board. Clearly the country recognizes nurses’ consistent power and trustworthiness, and nurses can use that power to educate the public about the Biden administration’s tactics to get vaccines to the rest of the country and control the spread.

    February 11, 2021
    Lawmakers Push for Permanent Telehealth Services
    Patient advocacy

    Lawmakers Push for Permanent Telehealth Services

    In a rare moment of bicameral success, 49 U.S. House of Representatives and Senate members introduced legislation to make permanent the Medicare telehealth coverage that had been introduced as a temporary measure during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

    February 10, 2021
    Providers Challenge Most Favored Nation Model on Drug Pricing
    Prescription medication

    Providers Challenge Most Favored Nation Model on Drug Pricing

    Drug pricing is a bipartisan issue that ranks very high on public opinion polling, and patients with cancer in particular feel the effects of an unregulated market. 

    February 09, 2021
    NCI Gives a Midpoint Progress Update on the Cancer Moonshot
    Cancer research

    NCI Gives a Midpoint Progress Update on the Cancer Moonshot

    During his final State of the Union address in January 2016, former President Barack Obama appointed Joe Biden the lead on a new initiative: the National Cancer Moonshot. The goal was to find treatments, cures, and more understanding about cancer—a decade’s worth of progress in just five years. 

    February 08, 2021
    President Biden Rejoins WHO in Support of Pandemic Efforts and Cancer Prevention
    COVID-19

    President Biden Rejoins WHO in Support of Pandemic Efforts and Cancer Prevention

    One of President Joe Biden’s first executive orders was rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO). He also signed executive orders to require masks on all federal grounds and asked agencies to extend moratoriums on evictions and federal student loan payments, but the WHO executive order has particular implications for cancer care.

    February 05, 2021
    Biden's First 100 Days Provide Opportunities to Prioritize Health Care
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Biden's First 100 Days Provide Opportunities to Prioritize Health Care

    “The first 100 days,” a phrase coined by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933, is an opportunity for a new administration to outline its early accomplishments and set a tone of reassurance. Under that philosophy, the Biden-Harrison transition team issued a series of announcements and nominations beginning in November 2020 to set a tenor and provide insight on the first phase of the new presidency.

    January 21, 2021
    U.S. Senate Designates November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month
    Lung Cancer

    U.S. Senate Designates November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month

    The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution designating November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month and supporting early detection of lung cancer, a crucial awareness with smoking on the rise among young adults.

    January 07, 2021
    Biden Appoints Nurse to COVID-19 Advisory Board
    COVID-19

    Biden Appoints Nurse to COVID-19 Advisory Board

    Shortly after declaring victory in the 2020 president election, the Biden-Harris transition team created a bipartisan COVID-19 advisory board. Staffed by experts, the board was hailed as a science-driven committee eager to flatten the curve. However, it had one downfall: it lacked a nurse. In response to a viral petition for nurse representation, the transition team appointed Seattle, WA, nurse Jane Hopkins, RNMH, to the advisory board on November 28, 2020.

    January 06, 2021
    CDC Offers Infection Prevention Guidelines for Patients With Cancer During COVID-19
    Cancer risk prevention

    CDC Offers Infection Prevention Guidelines for Patients With Cancer During COVID-19

    Immunocompromised patients with cancer are three times more likely to die from complications of the COVID-19 coronavirus. New resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide ideas for preventing infections like COVID-19 in patients with cancer.

    January 06, 2021
    Superhero Nurses Shine in Marvel Comic Book
    Nurse empowerment

    Superhero Nurses Shine in Marvel Comic Book

    Wonder Woman, Superman, the Flash! Characters like those have superpowers and save people, but they are limited by fiction. Nurses are real people doing superhuman achievements every day, often with little recognition. To pay homage to the most trusted profession, Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, PA, partnered with Marvel to produce a comic book worthy of real heroes. The Vitals: True Nurse Stories (2020), includes three stories based on personal accounts from the children of nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

    January 05, 2021
    Health Care Reunites a Divided Nation
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Health Care Reunites a Divided Nation

    The November 2020 presidential election saw a historic turnout at the polls. Before election day, more than 99 million of the 240 million registered American voters had already cast their ballots, and some predicted that as many as 155 million voters would exercise their constitutional franchise to make their voices heard, a record 65% of the electorate. The distinct differences between the two major presidential candidates indicated that people were engaged and took to heart the grand idea of participatory democracy.

    December 28, 2020
    NCI Links Persistent Poverty to Increased Cancer Mortality
    Comorbidities

    NCI Links Persistent Poverty to Increased Cancer Mortality

    Where a person lives has the biggest impact on their healthcare accessibility and affordability. In a new study, researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) found strong correlation between persistent poverty and cancer mortality in the United States, NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) reported in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention. 

    December 17, 2020
    Senate Bill Addresses PPE Shortage
    Personal protective equipment (PPE)

    Senate Bill Addresses PPE Shortage

    As the country sees dramatic spikes in COVID-19 coronavirus cases in fall 2020, political leaders are seeking to find solutions to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers on the front lines. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Protect Our Heroes Act of 2020 to increase the production of PPE and spur oversight into the supply and distribution of these necessary medical supplies. 

    December 16, 2020
    NIH Announces COVID-19 Initiative to Connect With High-Risk Patient Populations
    COVID-19

    NIH Announces COVID-19 Initiative to Connect With High-Risk Patient Populations

    The assault on science, medicine, and  research has never been stronger, flooding social media and communities with misinformation about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s new research initiative, the Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities, provides community education in the areas hit hardest by the virus.  

    December 15, 2020
    ONS Supports Bipartisan  Resolution  to Recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month
    Lung Cancer

    ONS Supports Bipartisan  Resolution  to Recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month

    Lung cancer knows no state boundary or political ideology. But it can bring the two sides together, like it did when U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), member of the Senate Health Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a resolution to recognize November as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The resolution, which ONS supports, promotes the importance of and need to improve lung cancer early detection.

    December 14, 2020
    AMA, AHA, ANA Send Trump Administration Letter Encouraging Transition
    Health Policy

    AMA, AHA, ANA Send Trump Administration Letter Encouraging Transition

    The Biden transition team needs full cooperation and all critical information regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus, he American Medical Association (AMA), American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Nurses Association (ANA) said in a November 2020 letter to the Trump administration.  

    December 11, 2020
    FDA Offers Guidance to Enhance Diversity in Clinical Trials
    Cultural/ethnic issues

    FDA Offers Guidance to Enhance Diversity in Clinical Trials

    The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to smother the United States, and nationwide efforts to flatten the curve aren’t lowering cases or preventing deaths. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, MD, an oncologist by training and profession, addressed the actions needed to combat COVID-19. One in particular is ensuring that clinical trials accurately reflect diverse populations.

    December 02, 2020
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