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| EONS Newsletter October 2022 |
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| | Our annual conference, EONS15, saw hundreds of cancer nurses gather in Paris, France, from 10-12 September, and was a huge success. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, we came together to benefit from a wide range of high-quality sessions led by top experts of the cancer nursing world on the theme: ‘Quality cancer care: pathways to clinical excellence in cancer nursing’. In this newsletter, you will hear about all the wonderful knowledge and experience we shared there, plus find out about lots of upcoming EONS activities that you can be a part of. Happy reading! |
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| EONS15 IN PARIS – OPENING SESSION: INSPIRATION AND LEADERSHIP |
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| | The EONS15 hybrid conference in Paris, France, from Saturday-Monday 10-12 September 2022 got underway with a warm welcome from our President Johan de Munter in which he outlined all the work that EONS is doing to advance the status of cancer nursing with educational, research and advocacy initiatives throughout Europe. Pascale Dielenseger then welcomed us on behalf of the French Oncology Nurses Society. Next up was Carolina Espina on the World Code Against cancer Framework: evidence-based recommendations for cancer prevention. She was followed by Dame Lesley Jean Fallowfield of Sussex University who spoke about Psycho-oncology in Cancer Nursing. Last but not least, cancer patient Martin Inderbitzin gave an inspiring talk entitle ‘My Survival Story’ – What we can learn from each other to get through cancer.
The EONS15 Conference was on its way! |
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| EONS15 – OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF MAJOR
CANCER PREVENTION INITIATIVE – PREVCAN |
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| | Former EONS President Lena Sharp officially launched the PrEvCan campaign at EONS15/ESMO22. This ground-breaking drive to reduce rates of cancer across Europe is initiated and led by EONS with ESMO as key partner, alongside the European Cancer Patients Coalition (ECPC) and more than 60 other international and national organisations. The campaign is based on the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC), which sets out 12 recommendations ranging from physical activity and dietary guidelines to tobacco use and second-hand smoke. Over a year, starting from October 2022, each month will be dedicated to promoting one of these recommendations and highlighting the scientific evidence supporting it, with the dual objective of increasing awareness of how to prevent cancer among the general public and of providing healthcare professionals with a more comprehensive toolkit for communicating the importance of cancer prevention effectively.
A special policy session between ESMO, EONS and ECPC on the oncology workforce in the frontline for cancer prevention across Europe highlighted cancer prevention from several different perspectives (cancer nursing, medical oncology and patients) as well as from the European union’s political agenda.
Explaining why nurses are perfectly placed to lead such a campaign, Campaign Lead and former EONS President Dr Lena Sharp said: “Cancer nurses are ranked the most trusted profession and are the largest group of healthcare providers. They interact with people throughout their lifespan, are involved with people during treatment, follow-up and survivorship phases and are thus perfectly placed to educate, inform and support patients and their friends and families on cancer prevention and risk reduction strategies.”
Join the campaign and get involved!
The campaign has now started, with the October focus on tobacco use and second-hand smoke. We invite you to get involved and share the messages around this key issue.
More information and campaign resources are available at the webpage www.cancernurse.eu/prevcan |
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| EONS15 – TOP AWARDS FOR CANCER NURSES
CONGRATULATIONS! |
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| | Congratulations to some EONS stars! Theresa Wiseman (UK) received the EONS Lifetime Achievement Award and Nikolina Dodlek (Croatia) the RECaN Award from EONS President Johan de Munter. As Professor of Applied Health Research in Cancer Care at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Theresa Wiseman is held in high esteem and deep affection by all those she has worked with and those she has mentored and supported. She has made a huge contribution to the work of EONS as a highly-valued Board member over many years and at a senior level on the EONS Education Working Group. Her contribution to the advancement of cancer nursing education and research through teaching and writing has been immense and is greatly appreciated by the entire nursing community across the UK and Europe. The RECaN award is presented annually to a cancer nurse who has made an outstanding contribution to our profession and to our organisation. Nikolina Dodlek was instrumental in organising ECND22 in Zagreb, is a very active member of the EONS Young Cancer Nurse Network and an EONS Board member. She is also involved with the recently launched PrEvCan campaign.
Novice Research Dissemination Award
The winner of this award in 2022 was Silvia Ucciero, from Italy, for her abstract ‘Informal caregivers’ contributions to self-care for patients treated with oral anticancer agents: A qualitative study’. Silvia is a PhD student in nursing and public health at the University of Rome – Tor Vergata, and she deals with self-care in cancer patients taking oral anticancer drugs. She is a nurse at the onco-hematology department of the Hospital of Romagna, Ravenna, Italy and assistant professor of palliative care at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Download Abstract and...
Find out more about EONS awards and grants |
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| EONS15 – PRESIDENT ELECT VIRPI SULOSAARI UNVEILS NEW EDUCATION FRAMEWORK |
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| | EONS President Elect Virpi Sulosaari announced the launch of a new updated version of the EONS Cancer Nursing Education Framework. She explained how a task group of experts began the update process in September 2021 and have now reviewed all sections of this resource to ensure it is fully up to date with all the latest knowledge and practice. The Framework is proving instrumental in transforming cancer nurse training across Europe.
Find out more and download the new edition
Also, at the Closing Ceremony, EONS Board member Wendy McInally introduced the European College of Cancer Nursing, outlining it’s Career Pathway structure and explaining how it will enable cancer nurses to access e-learning modules aligned to the EONS Cancer Nursing Education Framework. Twenty nurses are participating in a pilot of the Early Career/Registration and participation in the first interactive level will begin in January 2023. The ECCN has been developed with the ongoing support and collaboration of the European School of Oncology (ESO) and ESCO – The College of the European School of Oncology. |
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| NEW ABC WEB SERIES – TOUGH ISSUES IN METATASTIC BREAST CANCER |
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| | A new web series of six 1-hour webinars entitled Tough Issues in Metastatic Breast Cancer will be held between 13 October 2022 and 13 October 2023. The first, Management of metastatic breast cancer in a pregnant patient is on 13 October (being the International Metastatic Breast Cancer Day) from 13:30 – 14:30 CEST. The webinars are free of charge. Each webinar will discuss challenging clinical issues, for which available data is scarce and hence expert guidance is key, for example, management of metastatic breast cancer in a pregnant patient or in a patient with concomitant HIV/AIDS. This discussion will lead to the development of a new guideline statement that will then be further discussed and voted on during the ABC7 Consensus Conference ABC7 in Lisbon, 9-11 November 2023.
Find out more and register |
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| EONS PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT
8TH ANNUAL WORLD CANCER SERIES |
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| | The 8th annual World Cancer Series Europe takes place in Brussels on 8-9 November. EONS President Johan de Munter will be among the speakers at this high-profile event. It brings together a wide range of stakeholders critical to effective cancer control: policymakers, healthcare professionals and providers, regulators, payers, investors, industry and patient groups. The focus of this year’s conference is “innovation, equity and excellence.” Learn from identifiable strategies to accelerate innovation, reduce inequities across cancer control in Europe and to build universally excellent cancer control and cancer outcomes across the continent. This timely and important discussion occurs against the backdrop of the EU Beating Cancer Plan, recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and a Europe facing security challenges and a major refugee crisis.
Find out more and register |
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| RCC4NURSES – IMPROVING QUALITY OF NURSING CARE IN METASTIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA |
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| | EONS is a proud collaborating partner in a new project titled “RCC4Nurses: Improving quality of nursing care in metastatic renal cell carcinoma” (or “RCC4Nurses”) led by Dr Grigorios Kotronoulas, University of Glasgow, UK. It is funded by Pfizer and will run through October 03, 2022 – July 04, 2024. EONS’ role is to provide project management and communication/dissemination support.
The aim of the RCC4Nurses project is to develop, deliver and evaluate an evidence-based, fit-for-practice, concise and scalable online educational programme for nurses on ‘advanced patient monitoring’ in the context of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in Europe.
The project will align development of the educational programme with current requirements in this area of practice to enable uptake by individual nurses and training institutions across Europe. The project’s goal is to fill the gap in clinical practice by making education in RCC accessible to all nurses across Europe.
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| ESO-EONS MASTERCLASS 2022 – BARCELONA, SPAIN |
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| | The 13th ESO-EONS Masterclass in Oncology Nursing from 23-27 September 2022, Seva, Barcelona, Spain was a huge success and received a lot of very positive feedback from participants. The Masterclass in Oncology Nursing programme is designed for European advanced cancer nurses as a multi-professional joint event. Five intensive days of full immersion in up-to-date cancer care create a collective spirit of teaching and learning to improve clinical skills and patient care. The Masterclass, run jointly by EONS and the European School of Oncology, ESO, aims to prepare cancer nurses for future senior roles and enhance their clinical knowledge in the management of the cancer patient during all phases of the cancer journey. Following completion of the course, nurses will be able to use evidence-based knowledge in effective symptom management and interventions with the aim to improve patient experience, symptom management and care. |
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| NEW NIGHTINGALE WEBINAR SERIES
SIGN UP NOW! |
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| | A new series of Nightingale Challenge webinars has begun! Register NOW for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer, 24 October 18.00 CET. Join us and our expert panel to learn about the unique needs of these patients and how you can support and care for them. A cancer diagnosis at any age is a shock, but a cancer diagnosis when you’re young is devastating. Every day, seven young people hear the words “you have cancer”. Studies, career, relationships, confidence, life all get thrown off track. Life turned completely upside down at a time when life should be whatever you want it to be. A huge amount of care and support is needed for these patients and their families. Speakers:Maria Cable, independent nurse educator and researcher, Great BritainSue Haig, Palliative care clinical nurse specialis, Great BritainKateřina Šédová, physician, founder & CEO Loono.cz, Czech Republic Chairs:Eva Pape, YCN representative BelgiumRemziye Semerci, YCN representative Türkey You can also register now for Second-hand Smoking, 14 November 18.00 CET (part of the PrEvCan campaign) – REGISTER |
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| EONS' WORK ON AYA CANCER CARE –
PRESIDENT ADDRESSES TOP CONFERENCE |
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| | In the last two decades, the international healthcare community became more aware of the specific needs of Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with cancer. AYAs diagnosed with cancer make up a particular group of patients whose clinical and psychosocial needs differ substantially from those of paediatric patients or older adults in cancer care.
Until today, most paediatric and adult healthcare models are not optimal to provide the necessary support to meet AYA specificities, such as the unique epidemiology and the complex clinical and psychosocial challenges, such as difficulties in access to clinical trials and specialised age-appropriate cancer care.
Facing these challenges, EONS’ current President, Johan de Munter, is part of the SIOPE AYA Committee to provide and receive strategic and direction-forming input into and from existing networks, as well as to liaise with professional and patient organisations to bring AYA issues onto the political agenda.
Furthermore, EONS joined forces with the European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE), the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), and other several AYA leading organisations within ENTYAC (The European Network for Young Adults with Cancer).
GET UP STAND UP FOR AYAs with cancer was a 2-day congress, where all the different aspects of AYAs with cancer were discussed by a panel of international healthcare- and patient experts that have significantly contributed to elucidating the unique challenges for these patient group.
Johan De Munter presented during this congress reporting on the AYA-focussed perspectives of EONS. During the congress, there were opportunities for discussion, and exchanging opinions and thoughts in addition to the presentation of national and international experiences. This congress was also a great opportunity to discuss future collaborations between key leading organisations on AYA initiatives and projects to improve AYA cancer care across Europe. |
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| ASK PATIENTS TO TAKE SURVEY TO IMPROVE CARE IN ADVANCED RENAL/LIVER CANCER |
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| | EONS requests your urgent help with a survey study to ask patients with advanced renal and advanced liver cancer about the difficulties they face. The findings of the study will help improve treatment and care of this important group of patients.
Please share our survey so that we can capture the opinion of patients with advanced renal and liver cancer – encourage your patients to fill it in, print the poster and put it in your clinics and send it to patient organisations you work with.
The link to the survey is: http://bitly.ws/rH42
Or scan the QR code in the image to go straight there.
The survey takes around 20 minutes to complete.
Thank you! |
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| EARLY BREAST CANCER WEBINARS – COMING SOON! |
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| | Please mark your calendars for these upcoming live webinars, including questions and answers, with four cancer nurse experts on Early breast cancer. Monitor EONS website here - registration coming soon! Webinar1: Monday, November 21 at 14:00 - 15:30 CET Webinar2: Monday, December 05 at 14:00 - 15:30 CET Webinar3: Monday, December 19 at 14:00 - 15:30 CET |
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| APPLY NOW FOR THE ESO-EONS
CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP |
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| | Cancer nurses are invited to apply for a fellowship programme for cancer nurses in Europe as an extension of The European School of Oncology’s (ESO) Clinical Training Centres Fellowship programme for oncology physicians. The aim is to encourage the reduction of variability in outcomes of cancer care between countries, as well as within regions in each country, by giving cancer professionals the chance to experience working in multiprofessional teams in accredited centres in Europe. This fellowship programme is a collaboration between EONS and ESO. Priority will be given to European cancer nurses coming from countries that do not offer specialist training in cancer nursing and nurses who have participated in an ESO-EONS Masterclass. Deadline 15.10.22.
Find out more |
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| PASSIONATE ABOUT COMMUNICATION?
JOIN THE EONS WORKING GROUP! |
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| | Are you passionate about Communications? The EONS Communication Working Group is looking for someone who will actively help us share our vision and deliver our mission for cancer nursing across Europe.
Should you be interested in joining, please provide a maximum of 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 EONS Communication Working Group Co-Chairs : Kristina Olausson kristina.olausson@umu.se and Matt Fowler mattfowler75@gmail.com
Deadline: 30 OctoberMore information about the Communication WG and the sort of skills we are looking for |
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| EONS TAKES THE TEMPERATURE OF CANCER NURSING ACROSS EUROPE – SURVEY |
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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©. EONS invites 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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| INTERACT-EUROPE CANCER TRAINING
PROJECT – DEVELOPING A CURRICULUM |
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| | INTERACT-EUROPE is an ambitious EU project to promote inter-specialty cancer training and EONS is active at the heart of it. On 9 September, EONS President Elect Virpi Sulosaari (pictured far left) and Projects Administrator Irena Rollo (centre, back row) took part in the first WP2 INTERACT-EUROPE experts meeting in Paris. This work package focused on doing a training needs assessment and the development of the project curriculum. A consensus paper on the design, scope and educational approach associated with the Inter-Specialty Cancer Training Programme (ISCTP) was also published. You can read this report here. The first outcomes of the needs assessment and the literature review were shared with consultative partners at a meeting in Brussels on 23 September. Find out more at the INTERACT-EUROPE website |
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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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| ICN BACKS WHO 10-POINT PLAN TO
EXPAND HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE |
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| | The International Council of Nurses (ICN) welcomes the publication of the World Health Organization’s latest workforce report, which reveals shortages that WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge describes as a ‘ticking time-bomb.’
The 'Health and Care Workforce in Europe: Time to Act' report highlights many of the issues ICN has raised since the start of the pandemic, including the findings in our Sustain and Retain report. Those issues include the ageing nursing workforce, the uneven distribution of nurses throughout the region, failure of governments to train enough of their own nurses rather than rely on international recruitment, and the ‘COVID-Effect,’ which has led to greater sickness absences, increased burnout and mental health problems among nurses, and higher levels of intention to leave the profession. |
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| MEN AND CANCER – RAISING THE ISSUES |
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| | The report “Men and Cancer: Raising the Issues” is now available. This report was produced based upon the Community 365 Roundtable Meeting on Men and Cancer held earlier this year, as part of the activities of the European Cancer Organisation's Inequalities Network.
The Roundtable sought to explore how the health sector, cancer policies and services may take into consideration the experience of men with cancer more effectively, in order to improve their outcomes throughout Europe. Men bear an excess burden of cancer, in terms of both incidence and mortality. In the EU-27 in 2020, there were 1.44 million cancer cases in men and 1.24 million in women. The matter was also contemplated in the context of possible opportunities for improvement presented by Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, the EU Cancer Mission and other EU and global health policy agendas and initiatives. |
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THE QUIET ROOM – READING AND PODCASTS
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| ONLINE PATIENT AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY WEBINARS – STILL AVAILABLE! |
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| | Have you watched this high-quality range of webinars yet? This free of charge education programme was developed by a group of leading cancer nursing experts for EONS in 2020 and is still highly relevant today. It is designed for clinical cancer nurses across Europe, at all stages of their career.
Watch the webinars |
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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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| | "Brilliance!" Virtual exhibition will be launched for viewing on the IBTA website (www.theibta.org) in conjunction with International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, from Saturday, October 29 to Saturday, November 5, 2022. |
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| | 13th European Breast Cancer Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 16-18 November |
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| | Nurse Clinics 2022- For specialist nurses setting and up and running clinics and services, Thursday 17 November, Virtual Conference |
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| | European Oncology Nursing Society
BLSI- bte 1.30.30 Clos Chapelle au Champs 30
1200 Brussels, Belgium
eons.secretariat@cancernurse.eu |
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