| The festive season is nearly here. It’s a time when we spend a little more time with family and friends, celebrating the good things this year has brought and making our plans for the coming year. 2020 is the World Health Organization (WHO) Year of the Nurse and Midwife in honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, and EONS has exciting ambitions to mark it – you’ll find some important dates for your new calendar in this newsletter and further details will follow. In the meantime, EONS sends you the warmest wishes for a truly restful and refreshing break. |
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| SAVE THE DATE! ECND2020 – 18 MAY |
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ECND2020 will be our third annual celebration of cancer nursing across Europe and our best yet! 2020 is the WHO Year of the Nurse and Midwife and EONS will be making European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND) extra special. Make sure you put 18 May in your calendar and get ready for a bumper year when we will let Europe, and the whole world, know about the fantastic specialized work that cancer nurses do and how we support our patients and their carers throughout their treatment. Keep an eye on the EONS website for more details coming soon about how you can get involved in ECND2020. |
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| 3RD EONS PHD RESEARCH WORKSHOP– BARCELONA, SPAIN |
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The call for applications for the 3rd EONS PhD Research Workshop – from 27-29 May 2020, at the Institut Català d'Oncologia, in Barcelona, Spain – is now open. This exciting workshop is designed for cancer nurses at any stage of their doctoral studies who would like to network with other PhD students and improve their knowledge, confidence and expertise in cancer nursing research, as applied to their PhD. Successful applicants are requested to pay a registration fee of 100€ but travel (economy rate, public transport) will be refunded and participants will be offered 2 nights’ accommodation. Deadline for applications is 24 January 2020. Find out more |
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| LATEST ISSUE OF THE FREE EONS MAGAZINE – OUT NOW! |
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The brand new issue of the EONS Magazine is packed with interesting articles reporting on some of the key events and speeches at our EONS12 Conference in Barcelona. You can find out about the plans our new EONS President, Andreas Charalambous, has for the next two years and read an inspiring interview with the recipient of the 2019 EONS Achievement Award, Elisabeth Patiraki. There are lots of other articles that will help inform and develop your cancer nursing practice and inspire you to keep your passion for your work. Read the EONS Magazine now |
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| JOIN THE EONS EDUCATION WORKING GROUP |
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| Are you passionate about cancer nursing education? The EONS Education Working Group is recruiting two new members. We are looking for cancer nurses who are actively engaged in education related to cancer nursing and who have the time, enthusiasm and commitment to help EONS develop the education of cancer nurses and its impact across Europe. Should you be interested in joining, please provide a two-page CV and letter of interest, including reasons for wanting to join the group and a summary of what you would bring to it, to Eleonora Varntoumian at working.groups@cancernurse.eu Deadline: 20 December 2019.
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| EONS RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANT 2020 – DON’T MISS IT |
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| One grant of 2500€ is available for the 2020 EONS Research Travel Grant. Both novice and established researchers will be considered. The grant funds one or two visits to the host institution (including travel at economy fare, accommodation and expenses). The focus of the grant is to build capacity and capability through a period of close working with experienced clinical and/or academic researchers in another country. The deadline to apply is 29 May 2020. Find out more |
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| SURVEY ON CARE FOR OLDER CANCER PATIENTS |
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Cancer nurses have a crucial role to play in optimising care for older adults with cancer and those close to them. However, training, resources and support is often lacking. SIOG, CANO and EONS are working together to develop an international joint position statement concerning the role of nurses in addressing age-related concerns in cancer care. We invite nurses involved in the care of older adults with cancer to join in this discussion. Please fill out this short survey: https://surveys.nursing.utoronto.ca/292999?lang=en Find out more |
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SAVE THE DATE! LOOKING FORWARD TO
EONS13 IN MADRID |
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Following our excellent partnership with our friends at ESMO this year in Barcelona, we are delighted to be able to announce that we will again be joining with them for our conference next year – EONS13 in Madrid, 18-22 September 2020. For the first time, EONS will be offering a 90 Euro registration fee for students and young cancer nurses (under 35)! There will also be a limited bursary fund available for which EONS members from low and middle income countries will be able to apply. More information about these will be available soon! + Find out more |
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| ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS? |
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The EONS Communication Working Group is recruiting for a new member. We are looking for someone who will actively help us share our vision and deliver our mission for cancer nursing across Europe. Should you be interested, please provide a two-page CV and letter of interest, including reasons for wanting to join the group and a summary of what you would bring to it, to Eleonora Varntoumian at working.groups@cancernurse.eu. Deadline: 13 January 2020. Find out more |
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| NEW IMPROVED EONS WEBSITE – COMING SOON! |
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EONS is in the process of refreshing and modernising its website – www.cancernurse.eu The current site will undergo redevelopment over the coming few months. During this major design and build work, the site will not be updated with new information as often as usual, so please bear with us during this time as we put all our efforts into creating a wonderful new platform for all EONS members and the wider cancer nursing world. |
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Don’t miss the latest issue of EJON: the European Journal of Oncology Nursing is an international journal which publishes research of direct relevance to patient care, nurse education, management and policy development. Read the journal |
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ICN CALLS FOR ETHICAL NURSE RECRUITMENT |
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The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has called for ethical recruitment processes to address a critical shortage of nurses. The ICN wants governments to monitor and publish data on nurse migration and to adhere to World Health Organization (WHO) standards for ethical international recruitment. As the world faces a potentially catastrophic shortage of nurses over the next decade, ICN has published a position statement on international career mobility and ethical nurse recruitment. Read the position statement |
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| EPHA DEMANDS A NEW DEAL ON MEDICINES |
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The 4th European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) Universal Access and Affordable Medicines Forum has called for a change in medicines pricing policy. The debate, in Brussels on 14 November, focused on innovative cancer treatments, medicines shortages, transparency and Research and Development. The Forum highlighted the importance of transparency and fair pricing negotiations between national governments and pharmaceutical companies. Current medicine pricing negotiations are largely anonymous, which strengthens the hand of the pharmaceutical companies and contributes to high medicine prices. This in turn leads to national governments sometimes declining expensive yet innovative medicines or avoiding medicine shortages by paying high prices.
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| HELP MASCC GATHER KEY INFORMATION |
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1/Survey about the use of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) data collection in routine care
The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) Survivorship Study Group is investigating oncology practitioners’ current strategies and experiences in applying PRO in clinical practice, performance measurement and research.
Please share your views in a 10-minute survey. Take the survey now
2/Survey about exercise guidelines in cancer care
MASCC is interested in the topic of exercise in cancer care. Cancer nurses from Europe are encouraged to complete this survey to incorporate the European perspective on this topic.
Take the survey |
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18-22 September 2020
ESMO Congress
Madrid, Spain
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27 February 2020
Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care
Birmingham, UK
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27-29 April 2020
Nursing, Genomics and Healthcare Congress
Cambridgeshire, UK
Find out more!
25-27 June 2020
MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting
Seville, Spain
Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 January 2020
Find out more!
18-19 November 2020
ECCO 2020 Summit
Brussels, Belgium
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