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WEBCONNECT Online Resources May Help Enhance Your Delivery of Psychosocial Care [By Deborah Braccia, RN, MPA, OCN ®, ONS Web Site Editor] O ncology nurses are vital in the management of the whole patient. In daily practice, oncology nurses assess and address the psychosocial issues along the disease continuum, including psychological, quality of life, palliative care, and survivorship, encountered by patients and their families and support systems. Check out these Web resources focusing on psychosocial care. ✱ Deborah Braccia, RN, MPA, OCN ® Title ONS Clinical and Patient Psychosocial Areas URL www.ons.org/clinical/psychosocial and www.ons.org/patientEd/ Psychosocial www.ons.org/publications/positions/ Psychosocial.shtml Description Includes resource areas for psychological, palliative and hospice care, quality of life, and survivorship ONS position: “Psychosocial Services for Patients With Cancer” American Cancer Society Articulates the Society’s stand on psychosocial services for patients with cancer www.cancer.org Provides an abundance of support programs and services for patients, family members, and loved ones, including the Cancer Survivors Network, Look Good Feel Better, and I Can Cope Provides free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer: people with cancer, caregivers, children, loved ones, and the bereaved. CancerCare programs—including counseling, education, financial assistance, and practical help—are provided by trained oncology social workers. The most common psychosocial problems are reviewed, and 10 action items to ensure standards are outlined. CancerCare www.cancercare.org Institute of Medicine report: “Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs” www.iom.edu/ CMS/3809/34252/47228.aspx Take Congress Home With You Through Session Recordings Want to continue your Congress experience at home? Sessions from the event were recorded for distribution on CD-ROMs or as downloadable media. Recordings will feature speakers’ PowerPoint presentations synchronized with the session audio. Visit www.ons.org to learn more. 18 ONS CONNECT June 2008 http://www.ons.org/clinical/psychosocial http://www.ons.org/patientEd/Psychosocial http://www.ons.org/patientEd/Psychosocial http://www.ons.org/publications/positions/Psychosocial.shtml http://www.cancer.org http://www.cancercare.org http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3809/34252/47228.aspx http://www.ons.org

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