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    Don’t Let Barriers Prevent You From Continuing Your Nursing Education
    Nurse empowerment
    Don’t Let Barriers Prevent You From Continuing Your Nursing Education
    July 03, 2020
    Nurses Have a Role and Responsibility in Ending Racism
    Patient advocacy
    Nurses Have a Role and Responsibility in Ending Racism
    June 26, 2020
    Oncology Nurses Have a Special Power of Presence
    Oncology nurse-patient relationship
    Oncology Nurses Have a Special Power of Presence
    June 19, 2020
    Virtual Care for Patients With Cancer in New Jersey During COVID-19
    COVID-19
    Virtual Care for Patients With Cancer in New Jersey During COVID-19
    June 08, 2020
    How Nurses Can ‘Curb the Spread’ and Support Themselves
    COVID-19
    How Nurses Can ‘Curb the Spread’ and Support Themselves
    June 05, 2020
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    FDA Launches Pilot Program on Patient-Reported Outcomes
    Patient reported outcomes (PROs)

    FDA Launches Pilot Program on Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Facilitating the provision of patient-centered care is an ONS priority. But until recently, quality information from the patient’s perspective was limited. This kind of information is often unavailable, limited in its breadth, or solicited from patients too late in the healthcare process, making their experience less understandable than necessary. In response, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Oncology Center of Excellence created a pilot program, called Project Patient Voice, that will make patient-reported symptoms from cancer trials available to the public.

    July 08, 2020
    NIH Appoints New NINR Director
    Cancer research

    NIH Appoints New NINR Director

    Beginning this fall, the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) will have a nurse in a permanent position to lead the agency. On July 1, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) named Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, as its new director. Zenk is currently a nursing collegiate professor in the Department of Population Health Nursing Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, and a fellow at the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy.

    July 07, 2020
    NIH Study Links Cigarette Smoking to Higher Stroke Risk in African Americans
    Lung Cancer

    NIH Study Links Cigarette Smoking to Higher Stroke Risk in African Americans

    The disproportionate adverse health impact from smoking on African Americans is striking. Although oncology nurses are well aware of tobacco’s carcinogenic effects, they also need to understand the implications for comorbid conditions they may see in smokers with cancer. A recent study, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), confirmed that African Americans have a 2.5 times higher incident of smoking-related strokes than those who never smoke.

    July 06, 2020
    NINR Addresses Racism and Reinforces Mission on Positive Health Outcomes
    Cancer health disparities

    NINR Addresses Racism and Reinforces Mission on Positive Health Outcomes

    More research funding is needed to learn about and address health disparities in African Americans in the United States, Tara Schwetz, PhD, National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) acting director, said in an open letter to the research community. In the bold announcement, NINR recognized the unequal treatment of minorities and the need for enhanced dedication to promote equality in nursing research.

    July 06, 2020
    How the CARES Act and Other COVID-19 Laws Affect Nursing and Health Care
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    How the CARES Act and Other COVID-19 Laws Affect Nursing and Health Care

    Like cancer, viruses know no political parties, no country boundaries, and no personal attributes. As the COVID-19 coronavirus spread in an infectious wave across the earth in record time, it decimated economies and devastated populations. To defend their countries against an invisible enemy, governments around the world stepped in with unprecedented command.

    June 18, 2020
    ONS Joins Health Community in Condemning Racism
    Patient advocacy

    ONS Joins Health Community in Condemning Racism

    The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, spurred a national wave of protest. United in the wake of a global pandemic, people are doing what they feel is necessary to bring social justice and equality changes to the forefront of the American experience. Across the country, people are demanding immediate changes to a biased system. In a formal statement, ONS condemned racism and called for “all of us to commit to an end to hatred, discrimination, and racism in every form.”

    June 10, 2020
    NCC Sends Letter to U.S. Congress Outlining COVID-19 Priorities
    COVID-19

    NCC Sends Letter to U.S. Congress Outlining COVID-19 Priorities

    Fifty-seven organizations representing the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC), including ONS, sent a letter to the U.S. Congress acknowledging the federal government’s extraordinary attempts to bolster the economy and promote public health during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In the April 28, 2020, letter, NCC provided recommendations that could be used to further combat the coronavirus, adding that the 57 national nursing organizations are available as expert resources.

    June 10, 2020
    Proposed Bill Would Expand Health Workforce in Underserved Communities
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Proposed Bill Would Expand Health Workforce in Underserved Communities

    The global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has forced elected officials and political leaders to reevaluate the provision of health care in the United States. To address inequal access to care and representation among health professionals, on April 24, 2020, U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Democratic Whip and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Health Heroes 2020 Act, a bicameral piece of legislation.

    June 10, 2020
    Trump Declares National Nurses Day, Retains Coronavirus Task Force
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Trump Declares National Nurses Day, Retains Coronavirus Task Force

    President Donald Trump commemorated nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by with the first-ever presidential proclamation of May 6, 2020, as National Nurses Day.

    June 10, 2020
    NIH Partners With Johnson and Johnson to Combat COVID-19
    COVID-19

    NIH Partners With Johnson and Johnson to Combat COVID-19

    Long hailed as the “crown jewel” of the U.S. government’s biomedical research division, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is partnering with Johnson and Johnson for a coordinated, team-based effort to find measures with meaningful impact on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

    June 10, 2020
    Healthcare for All Is a Competing Idea in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Healthcare for All Is a Competing Idea in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

    When standing up for patients, championing treatments, or stopping an unfair process, nurses speak truth to power. Being on the front lines is part of every nurse’s routine, but many shy away from engaging in the policy world under similar circumstances that affect the profession, patients, and peers. It doesn’t have to be that way. Nurses can educate themselves on the candidates and policy issues and lend their voice to the political conversation.

    May 21, 2020
    New NCI Initiative Boosts CAR T-Cell Therapy Research
    Research

    New NCI Initiative Boosts CAR T-Cell Therapy Research

    While the world is in the throes of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, cancer research marshals forward with a focus on CAR T-cell therapy. 

    April 29, 2020
    NIH Announces Research Strategy for COVID-19
    Cancer research

    NIH Announces Research Strategy for COVID-19

    From international guidelines to economic stimulus and legislative support, the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is now global leaders’ top priority. Leading the research efforts is the National Institutes for Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID). As NIAID’s director for more than 30 years, Anthony Fauci, MD is one of the few, regular faces associated with COVID-19 in the United States. On April 23, 2020, the agency announced that it will spearhead a strategic plan to research a vaccine for COVID-19. 

    April 29, 2020
    House Tells FDA to Ban E-Cigarettes During COVID-19
    COVID-19

    House Tells FDA to Ban E-Cigarettes During COVID-19

    On April 1, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clear the market of e-cigarettes because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. It was responding to FDA’s request to give e-cigarette manufacturers four additional months to submit applications to stay on the market before enforcing a ban.  

    April 28, 2020
    Legislators Urge President to Respond to PPE Shortage
    COVID-19

    Legislators Urge President to Respond to PPE Shortage

    Healthcare providers still lack sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) to safely treat patients with COVID-19 coronavirus. Citing insufficient federal coordination, members of Congress urged the Trump administration follow through on implementing the $16 million PPE funding provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.   

    April 27, 2020
    Vaping, E-Cigarettes, and Flavored Tobacco Are Reversing 20 Years of Decreasing Smoking Rates
    Cancer healthcare advocacy

    Vaping, E-Cigarettes, and Flavored Tobacco Are Reversing 20 Years of Decreasing Smoking Rates

    The public push for a transformation in tobacco policy began with a persistent legislator seeking real change. Opening his historic congressional hearing in 1994, U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-CA) said, “The truth is that cigarettes are the single most dangerous consumer product ever sold. Nearly a half million Americans die every year as a result of tobacco. This is an astounding, almost incomprehensible statistic. Imagine our nation’s outrage if two fully loaded jumbo jets crashed each day, killing all aboard. Yet that is the same number of Americans that cigarettes kill every 24 hours. Sadly, this deadly habit begins with our kids. Each day 3,000 children will begin smoking. In many cases they become hooked quickly and develop a life-long addiction that is nearly impossible to break.” 

    April 23, 2020
    Title VIII Nursing Workforce Funding Included in CARES Act 
    Nurse empowerment

    Title VIII Nursing Workforce Funding Included in CARES Act 

    The business shutdowns and mandatory social distancing from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic brought the country’s economy to the brink. Last week, the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019 was included as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s comprehensive, landmark legislation. The $2 trillion aid package was geared to promote public health and boost economic confidence.  

    April 09, 2020
    U.S. Surgeon General on COVID-19: 'It's Going to Get Bad' 
    COVID-19

    U.S. Surgeon General on COVID-19: 'It's Going to Get Bad' 

    Deployed to provide expert medical advice about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, made media rounds the first week of April 2020. Although the news he shared wasn’t positive, it was a necessary message that the United States needed to hear.

    April 08, 2020
    NCI Cancer Research Persists Despite COVID-19 Limitations 
    COVID-19

    NCI Cancer Research Persists Despite COVID-19 Limitations 

    Most of the global biomedical research community, especially those at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is consumed with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Because the U.S. federal government is under strict orders to limit its operations to only essential personnel, many of the 27 NIH institutes and centers are redirecting their efforts toward COVID-19 topics. However, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is continuing its cancer research in certain priority areas.   

    April 08, 2020
    Public Policies Protect Healthcare Worker Safety During COVID-19
    COVID-19

    Public Policies Protect Healthcare Worker Safety During COVID-19

    One of the highest health policy priorities for the nursing community during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is to ensure the safety of healthcare workers, particularly regarding the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE).

    April 08, 2020
    WHO Director-General Encourages Global Collaboration to ‘Flatten the Curve’ 
    COVID-19

    WHO Director-General Encourages Global Collaboration to ‘Flatten the Curve’ 

    As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to circle the globe, nations look to a strong source that can help coordinate information and provide insight for all people. Under the leadership of the director-general, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been that trustworthy entity. Tracking, reporting, and coordinating COVID-19’s many aspects, WHO is a hub that allows public health officials worldwide to receive information in real time.   

    April 07, 2020
    CMS Grants Waivers to Providers During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency 
    COVID-19

    CMS Grants Waivers to Providers During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency 

    In emergencies such as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, government health agencies have the authority to grant waivers for various federal health programs. Starting on March 23, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) waived certain requirements and protocols for providers and beneficiaries.   

    April 07, 2020
    State Governors Lead U.S. Response to COVID-19
    Safety

    State Governors Lead U.S. Response to COVID-19

    Although the United States federal government is coordinating the nation’s public health campaign against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the states—and the governors in particular—are coordinating across the country and party lines to implement containment plans using all the public and private tools at their disposal. 

    April 06, 2020
    FDA Provides COVID-19 Guidelines for Patients With Cancer and Healthcare Providers
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

    FDA Provides COVID-19 Guidelines for Patients With Cancer and Healthcare Providers

    As the United States combats the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, federal agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) are reassuring specific populations, such as those in the cancer community, that the agency is still patient-centered in its mission.  

    April 03, 2020
    White House: We Need the American People’s Help to Fight Coronavirus
    Safety

    White House: We Need the American People’s Help to Fight Coronavirus

    With almost daily public briefings, the White House is taking a more aggressive approach to communicating updates on the COVID-19 coronavirus to the American population.  

    April 01, 2020
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