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INSIDE 10 Lean on Me UP FrONT ALSO IN THIS ISSUE ONS members discuss how they provide care for caregivers along the cancer journey. 7 EDITOr’S NOTE Are you part of the sandwich generation? JUST IN News from the oncology field 8 17 AEleven the Life— Year in Month 18Put Evidence Into PracticeBurden to Manage Caregiver Strain and FIvE-mINUTE IN-SErvICE UP CLOSE & PrOFESSIONAL 16 YOU TELL US What methods do you use to support caregivers? WEb CONNECT Online resources for healthy work environments CAPITOL CONNECTION Your advocacy efforts make a difference. Lynne explains how she helps to make the holidays easier for patients and families. 20 21 The ONS Putting Evidence Into Practice® team evaluates the evidence surrounding various caregiver interventions and offers recommendations for practice. 23 CArEGIvEr CArE Use your nursing skills outside of work. 25Technique Monitors New NEW TrEATmENTS, NEW HOPE 32 CALENDAr OF EvENTS ONS programs and deadlines for winter Patients With NSCLC 33 WOrKING FOr YOU ONS travels around the world in less than 80 days. A new, minimally invasive technique uses epidermal growth factor receptor to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment. 34 STAYING ON TOP References are available on request. Check us out on the Web! Visit www.ONSConnect.org to view ONS Connect’s interactive digital edition. 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. 11. ISSN: 1935-1623. Copyright © 2008 by the Oncology Nursing Society. Blanket permission for copying any material in ONS Connect is granted to ONS members. Printed on 10% recycled paper. Please recycle this publication. November 2008 ONS CONNECT 5 http://www.ONSConnect.org

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ONS Connect - November 2008 Contents Editor's Note Just In Lean on Me You Tell Us A Year in the Life-- Month Eleven Put Evidence Into Practice to Manage Caregiver Strain and Burden Web Connect Capitol Connection Caregiver Care New Technique Monitors Patients with NSCLC Calendar of Events Working for You Staying on Top

ONS Connect - November 2008

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