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iNSiDE The Power of Partnerships ONS chapter members describe the ways they reach out to the community through partnership programs. 10 Up fRONT AlSO iN ThiS iSSUE EDiTOR’S NOTE Community partnerships benefit all involved. 7 8 JUST iN News from the oncology field 16Chapter Have WithOngoing Partnership Does What Successful, Your the Community? YOU TEll US Chapter leaders explain the programs their chapters implement in the community and the effect they have on chapter and community members. 18 wEB CONNECT Web sites provide information on nursing advocacy. CApiTOl CONNECTiON Results of the 2007 ONS health policy program 19 17 A Year in the Life—Month One Up ClOSE & pROfESSiONAl 20 NOTiCE NURSiNG NOw Advocate with UICC for World Cancer Day. CAREGivER CARE Make resolutions to benefit your career. Meet ONS Connect’s new Up Close and Professional nurses for 2008. 21 22 Put Evidence Into Practice to Manage Oral Mucositis fivE-miNUTE iN-SERviCE The ONS PEP team evaluates the evidence and offers recommendations for practice. 27 CAlENDAR Of EvENTS ONS education programs for winter and spring 28 ONS ElECTiON Vote for your ONS leaders now. 25PredictFinds That Hormone Status Study May Chemotherapy’s Effectiveness NEw TREATmENTS, NEw hOpE 29 wORKiNG fOR YOU ONS is involved in many partnerships. on Breast Cancer Chemotherapy drugs may help fewer patients with breast cancer than originally believed. 31 STAYiNG ON TOp Perform active job searches for the best results. Visit ONS Connect online at www.ons.org/publications/journals/connect to read this issue’s Board Briefs. ONS Connect is indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature®, MEDLINE®, and the International Nursing Index. The Oncology Nursing Society and the ONS Connect Editorial Board do not assume responsibility for the opinions expressed by authors. Editorials represent the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Oncology Nursing Society. Acceptance of advertising or corporate support does not indicate or imply endorsement by ONS Connect or the Oncology Nursing Society. Mention of specific products and opinions related to those products do not indicate or imply endorsement by ONS Connect or the Oncology Nursing Society. Web sites published in ONS Connect are provided for information only; the hosts are responsible for their own content and availability. Postage Privileges: Periodical rates paid at Pittsburgh, PA, and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to ONS Connect, Oncology Nursing Society, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214. Published monthly by the Oncology Nursing Society, P.O. Box 3510, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3510. Yearly subscription rates are $29.99 for individual nonmembers and $39.99 for institutions. As part of ONS membership dues, $5 are for a one-year subscription to ONS Connect. Vol. 23, No. 1. ISSN: 1935-1623. Copyright © 2008 by the Oncology Nursing Society. Blanket permission for copying any material in ONS Connect is granted to ONS members. JANUARY 2008 ONS CONNECT 5 http://www.ons.org/publications/journals/connect

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ONS Connect - January 2008

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