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| EONS Newsletter June 2022 |
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| ECND22 MAKES A MAJOR IMPACT ACROSS EUROPE! |
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| ECND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN CROATIA – READ THE LATEST YCN BLOG |
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| | In the June blog, Nikolina Dodlek of the Croatian Oncology Nursing Society describes welcoming EONS to their capital city, Zagreb, for ECND22. She says: “As a relatively ‘young’ oncology nursing society, we have for some time been discussing and planning ways of improving specialised education in Croatia for oncology nurses, organising different events, educational opportunities and advocating for a curriculum for oncology nurses. A great effort, time and much passion were put into meetings during the event organisation.” A Roundtable Discussion was held with the Croatian government on the theme: “Challenges in Cancer Care and Cancer Nursing during and beyond the pandemic” and real progress was made to achieving shared goals.
Read the full blog |
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| ‘SUPPORTING CANCER NURSES IN CARING FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR PATIENTS’ |
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| | The ECND22 campaign focused on the importance of self-care and wellbeing for cancer nurses, on occupational health and on retention and recruitment – all of which impact the quality of patient care. A powerful social media campaign on European Cancer Nursing Day on 18 May (#ECND22Go4SelfCare) saw cancer nurses everywhere participate by reposting and sharing important key messages pictures and videos.
EC Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, honoured ECND22 with a special video message in support of the work of cancer nurses throughout Europe. In a personal thank you for the outstanding commitment, sacrifice and ‘nothing short of heroic efforts’ of cancer nurses, especially during the extra burden of Covid-19, she said: “It is only right that you are putting your own well-being under the spotlight today and I am delighted to be part of that! To look after your patients, you must first look after yourselves.”
The EONS Board and Working Groups met in Zagreb, Croatia, to mark the day and make plans for EONS’ future work – you can find out more and view a selection of videos at the link below.
Find out more about ECND22 |
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| ECND22 COMPETITION – AND THE WINNER IS… |
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| | Congratulations to the oncology nurses working at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) in Lausanne, Switzerland, who made a video about an outpatient oncology nurse that enters her notes at the end of a tough day. As she sits down, fatigue takes over her body and her mind wanders off for a moment … “How much would I enjoy a refreshing lemonade by the lake… or a trip, somewhere far… or some yoga to relieve some tension… or a day in the beauty salon ….” This humorous video shows the importance of taking care of oneself set against the background of an oncology nurse’s daily life. To shoot the video, different units of the oncology department at CHUV participated. The team cohesion allowed the production of this video and was a great opportunity to deepen inter-service links. The makers of the video said: “In the end, this video was also a way to take care of ourselves thanks to a fun shared moment among the team, as well as a way to make our colleagues feel valued and recognized…. It is for all oncology nurses: do not just think about it, take the time to care for yourself and you will take better care of the others.”
The prize is free entry to EONS15 in Paris this September.
View the video |
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| REGISTER NOW FOR EONS15 – TAKE YOUR CAREER TO A NEW LEVEL! |
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| | Join us for the EONS15 conference in Paris, France, from Saturday-Monday 10-12 September 2022, in partnership with the ESMO 2022 Congress (9-13 September).
The theme of the EONS conference is: ‘Quality cancer care: pathways to clinical excellence in cancer nursing’. The conference will feature a wide range of high-quality sessions led by top experts of the cancer nursing world. The EONS Scientific Committee is putting together an exciting programme and creating an excellent opportunity to develop your career and expand your knowledge. And, in addition to EONS15, you will also have access to the huge range of excellent sessions available on the ESMO 2022 programme.
You’ll be able to attend educational sessions on many fascinating themes, from ‘Professional and educational issues in cancer nursing in Eastern European countries’ to ‘Building resilience among YCNs’; you can attend special industry-sponsored symposiums on a range of topics, from cancer pain management, to prehab and rehab for patients with CAR T cell therapy, and much more. In the opening and closing sessions, you’ll find out about the latest EONS projects, including the European College of Cancer Nursing launching later this year and the EONS Cancer Nursing Framework update too, and, you won’t want to miss the EONS Lifetime Achievement and RECaN Awards ceremony – it could be you!Last but definitely not least, between sessions you can network with cancer nurses from all over Europe and talk about the latest developments in cancer nursing. EONS15 is your chance to develop your career and make new professional friends. Join us for this fantastic experience!
The EONS Conference is excellent value at any stage of your career:
- EONS Member YCN (age 35 or younger) / Student Nurse 90€
- EONS Member (Individual Member/ EONS National Society Member or Associate Member) 480€
(*Please note: The EONS registration fees will remain unchanged until the start of the Congress.)
Find out more, register, download the draft programme |
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| APPLY FOR A BURSARY TO ATTEND EONS15 –
15 GRANTS OF UP TO EUR 500! |
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| | The Cancer Nursing Fund is offering a bursary scheme for 15 cancer nurses to attend the EONS15 conference in Paris, France from 10-12 September. Cancer nurses can apply for a grant of up to EUR 500 towards registration fee, travel and/or accommodation.
Deadline 30 June.
Find out more and apply |
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| 4th EONS PHD RESEARCH WORKSHOP – LEARNING TOGETHER |
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| | The 4th EONS PhD Workshop took place from June 1 –3 at the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain. This exciting learning experience, designed for oncology nurses who are at any stage of their doctoral studies, provided the participants with the opportunity to network with other PhD students and improve their knowledge, confidence and expertise in oncology nursing research, as applied to their PhD. The doctoral students were able to discuss, develop and share ideas, progress and gain European perspectives in relation to their doctoral research within a supportive learning environment. The facilitators were: Maura Dowling (Ireland), Nikolaos Efstathiou (UK), Paz Fernandez-Ortega (Spain), Eva Pape (Belgium).
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| EONS EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANT – APPLY NOW! |
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| | The aim of this grant (Up to €2500) is to support early career cancer nurses in developing or conducting a research project within their field of clinical practice. Applicants must be an early career cancer nurse, with less than ten years of experience. Applicants must not hold a doctoral degree, but may hold a pre-doctoral degree, e.g. RN, BSc, Graduate Diploma, MSc. Closing date for applications is 15 August 2022. Results will be announced in September 2022. Last year’s winner was Ezgi Bilmiç from Turkey (pictured) whose research focus area is pain management in cancer patients.
Find out more
Application Form |
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| PATIENT SURVEY – YOUR HELP NEEDED |
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| | Are you a healthcare professional looking after advanced renal or advanced liver cancer patients, or know someone who is? If so, please go to our international patient survey where you will find a consent form and the survey itself. Your support in promoting the survey will help achieve a better understanding of patients' experiences. The survey is targeting patients from as many European countries as possible. For more information, please email: research.assistant@cancernurse.eu |
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| EONS GENERAL MEETING – TAKING THE WORK OF THE SOCIETY FORWARD |
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| | The EONS General Meeting took place online from 18.00-20.00 PM CET on 13 June. EONS’ National Oncology Nursing Societies and individual members were invited by email to join this meeting. During the meeting, the participants approved the 2021 Audited Accounts and confirmed Richard G. Kelly as EONS COO.Find out more and download the agenda |
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| EONS TAKES THE TEMPERATURE OF CANCER NURSING ACROSS EUROPE |
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| | In 2020, EONS collected data on the current status and development of cancer nursing from more than 650 nurses in 42 European countries. The analysed data were presented as the European Cancer Nursing Index 2020©, and described both the overall situation and also important differences between countries. This Index was presented at various meetings and congresses and also used to successfully advocate for better education, safety and recognition for cancer nursing in Europe – find out more here.
To measure development and progress, EONS now plan an update, the European Cancer nursing Index 2022©. On International Nurses Day 2022 (May 12), EONS invited cancer nurses across Europe to respond to an online survey, covering similar areas as the previous version of the Index. The survey is available in 16 languages. We hope you will join us in continuing to improve cancer care by taking the survey.
Take the survey |
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| TARGET EDUCATION PROGRAMME – APPLY FOR A TRANSLATION GRANT |
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| | Consider applying to EONS for a translation grant to support your national members’ cancer nursing education on targeted therapies. By offering a Target course through your society, interest group or institution, you will be giving nurses one of the best possible routes to understanding this dynamically growing treatment area and will give them the knowledge to improve care and support for patients and their caregivers.
Find out more and apply |
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| JOB OPPORTUNITY – EONS ADMINISTRATOR
AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER |
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| | EONS is a Belgium-based not for profit membership organisation serving the needs of cancer nurses across Europe. We are inviting applications for an open position to start 1 September 2022. The successful candidate will be offered a 6-month contract (CIP or Convention d’Immersion Professionnelle) under the supervision of “Bruxelles Formation”. The candidate would be expected to be based in Belgium and work in the EONS office in Brussels a minimum of 2 days each week. Closing date Thursday 30 June 2022 at 18:00 Brussels time.
Find out more and apply |
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| EONS STANDS WITH THE PEOPLE AND ONCOLOGY COMMUNITY OF UKRAINE |
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| | The European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) is following developments in Ukraine with great sadness. Our mission is to ensure that all people affected by cancer benefit from equal, safe and high quality care. This brutal act of war is endangering all people in Ukraine – including the oncology workforce who, with other healthcare colleagues, are working under unbearable pressure. EONS stands firmly against all forms of violence and is hoping that this appalling situation, and its far-reaching consequences, can be defused for the sake of all innocent parties caught up in it. We encourage people to back European and International organisations in their support of the people of Ukraine. EONS will try its best to find ways to reach out to the oncology workforce and people affected by cancer and help in capacity building where possible. War only brings loss, sadness and inhumane suffering and we truly hope for a peaceful resolution. Our thoughts are with all the people of Ukraine. |
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| KETO MOLECULE OFFERS CLUE FOR PREVENTING COLORECTAL CANCER |
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| | In a new study, researchers have found evidence that a compound produced while eating a ketogenic diet—that is, a diet very high in fat and low in carbohydrates—could inhibit the development of colorectal cancer. The compound, called β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), jump-started a signalling pathway in epithelial cells in the colon that instructed them to stop dividing.
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| LUNG CANCER – IMMUNOTHERAPY: LIQUID VERSUS TUMOUR BIOPSY
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| | Researchers have validated for the first time that a simple blood test called a liquid biopsy could be a better predictor of whether cancer immunotherapy will be successful for a patient with lung cancer than an invasive tumour biopsy procedure. The study was published in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research |
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THE QUIET ROOM – READING AND PODCASTS
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| PODCAST – THE LOSS OF A CHILD |
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| | The International Brain Tumour Alliance’s podcast, “A Brain Tumour and Me”, features inspirational, moving and personal stories from the international brain tumour community and hears from some of those working in the field of neuro-oncology, the people who support patients and their families and those who’ve been told they have a brain tumour. Listeners learn how brain tumours affected all of these people, often in unexpected ways. In this latest episode of the podcast features Denise Bebenek, who lives in Toronto, Canada. How can a mother ever fully come to terms with the loss of their child? This is something which Denise faced when she and her family were given the devastating news that her four-year-old daughter Meagan had an inoperable brain tumour.
Listen to the podcast |
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| A MAGAZINE WITH A DEEP FOCUS ON KEY ISSUES |
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| | Cancerworld is a print and online magazine and website for oncologists and other cancer professionals, policy makers and patient advocates. It flags up science that is changing the approach to diagnosis, treatment or care in fundamental ways and offers multiprofessional education on aspects of treatment and care that are important to patients but often poorly covered by other training providers. To mark ECND22 the magazine published an article by EONS President Johan de Munter about the importance of self-care and wellbeing for cancer nurses. |
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| EJON: A GOOD RESEARCH READ – FREE! |
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| HIGH QUALITY ARTICLES –
FREE ON THE EONS WEBSITE |
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| | Did you know that you can access a wide range of high-quality reading material about cancer care via the EONS website? Why not dip in to our ‘Publications with EONS Representatives’ page and extend your knowledge. Articles on ‘The cost of living with cancer during the second wave of COVID-19: A mixed methods study of Danish cancer patients’ perspectives’ and a ‘Position statement won Oncology and Cancer Nursing Care for Older Adults with Cancer and their Caregivers’ are among the many interesting links you will find there.
Visit the page |
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| | MASCC/ISOO Annual meeting, Toronto , Canada,
23-25 June 2022
Find out more
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Lung Cancer Academy
Guy’s Hospital, London EONS15, EONS Annual Cancer Nursing Conference,Paris, France, Breast Cancer in Young Women Sixth International Consensus Symposium (BCY6),virtual/free,
13th European Breast Cancer Conference, Barcelona, Spain,
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| | European Oncology Nursing Society
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1200 Brussels, Belgium
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