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INSTANTPOLL Do You Counsel Patients regarding Prostate Cancer Screening? In response to September ONS Connect’s instant poll, “Do you counsel patients regarding prostate cancer screening?” 78% indicated “Yes” (N = 60). To respond to this month’s poll, “Does your institution offer support for caregivers?” visit www.ONSConnect.org. Results will be shared in an upcoming issue. ✱ connect ONS Connect is published monthly as a benefit for members of the Oncology Nursing Society, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214 USA. said yes 78% mission The mission of ONS Connect is to • Provide timely news and resources to oncology nurses that can be incorporated easily into daily practice. • Communicate ONS updates and news. • Reinforce ONS as an industry leader and an authority in the healthcare field. Editor Debra M. Wujcik, RN, PhD, AOCN® E-mail: ONSConnectEditor@ons.org Contributing Editors Kristen L. Fessele, RN, MSN, APN-C, AOCN® Michele E. 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ONS Core values Integrity • Innovation • Stewardship Advocacy • Excellence • Inclusiveness Statement of Ownership, management, and Circulation (1) Publication title: ONS Connect, (2) Publication number: 1935-1623, (3) Filing date: September 24, 2008, (4) Issue frequency: monthly, (5) Number of issues published annually: 12, (6) Annual subscription price: $29.99, (7) Complete mailing address of known office of publication: 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA 15275-1214, Contact person: Elisa Becze, 412-859-6317, (8) Complete mailing address of headquarters or general business office of publisher: 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA 15275-1214, (9) Full names and complete mailing addresses of publisher, editor, and managing editor: Leonard Mafrica, Publisher, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214; Debra Wujcik, RN, PhD, AOCN®, 1805 Brentwood Pointe, Franklin, TN 37067-6419; Anne Snively, Managing Editor and Director of Periodicals Publishing, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214, (10) Owner: Oncology Nursing Society, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214, (11) Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owing or holding 1% or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: none, (12) Tax status: has not changed during preceding 12 months, (13) Publication title: ONS Connect, (14) Issue date for circulation data below: September 2008, (15) Extent and nature of circulation: Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months 40,059 37,662 0 0 Actual no. copies of single issue published nearest to filing date 37,215 34,670 0 0 A. Total number of copies B. Paid circulation 1. Mailed outside-county paid subscriptions 2. Mailed in-county paid subscriptions 3. Paid distribution outside the mails, including sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors, counter sales, and other paid distribution outside the USPS 4. Paid distribution by other classes of mail through the USPS C. Total paid distribution D. Free or nominal rate distribution 1. Free or nominal rate outside-county copies 2. Free or nominal rate in-county copies 3. Free or nominal rate copies mailed at other classes through the USPS 4. Free or nominal rate distribution outside the mail E. Total free or nominal rate distribution F. Total distribution G. Copies not distributed H. Total I. Percent paid 0 37,662 502 0 0 349 851 38,513 1,546 40,059 97.79% 0 34,670 499 0 0 200 699 35,369 1,846 37,215 98.02% (16) Publication of statement of ownership: Will be printed in the November 2008 issue of this publication, (17) Signature and title of editor, publisher, business manager, or owner: (signed) Leonard Mafrica, Publisher, September 24, 2008 6 ONS CONNECT November 2008 http://www.ONSConnect.org http://www.ons.org

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