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iNSiDE 8 Work-Life Balance Up frONT alSO iN ThiS iSSUE EDiTOr’S NOTE Control the balance in your life. JUST iN News from the oncology field ONS members describe the programs and services that their institutions offer in an effort to help staff members maintain balance between work and life. 5 6 15A Year in the Life—Month Four Up ClOSE & prOfESSiONal 16 wEB CONNECT Find ways online to get involved with ONS. CapiTOl CONNECTiON Legislation seeks payment for patient education. Beth and Lynne describe how they avoid career burnout. 19 Enhance Your Professionalism in Your Daily Practice STraighT Talk Get tips for putting your most professional foot forward. 17 18 NOTiCE NUrSiNg NOw Ways to maximize meeting effectiveness 20CancerPatients Integrate Yoga Help Into Care fivE-miNUTE iN-SErviCE Learn the benefits yoga may have on patients with cancer, as well as special considerations for patients who want to begin practicing yoga. 22 CarEgivEr CarE Make time in your life for play. wOrkiNg fOr YOU Make ONS part of your life balance. 27 24 Epigenetics Offers New Options for Cancer Diagnosis NEw TrEaTmENTS, NEw hOpE 28 CalENDar Of EvENTS ONS programs and deadlines for spring STaYiNg ON TOp Resume writing, part 3 Molecular switches may be a key to detecting cancer in its earliest stages. 29 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 USA. Published monthly by the Oncology Nursing Society, P.O. Box 3510, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3510 USA. 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. 4. ISSN: 1935-1623. Copyright © 2008 by the Oncology Nursing Society. Blanket permission for copying any material in ONS Connect is granted to ONS members. APRIL 2008 ONS CONNECT 3

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ONS Connect - April 2008 Contents Editor's Note Just In Work-Life Balance A Year in the Life—Month Four Web Connect Capitol Connection Notice Nursing Now Enhance Your Professionalism in Your Daily Practice Help Patients Integrate Yoga Into Cancer Care Caregiver Care Epigenetics Offers New Options for Cancer Diagnosis Working for You Calendar of Events Staying on Top

ONS Connect - April 2008

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