Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing Editor of the ONS Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing The Group Room at the 2011 Oncology Nursing Society Research Conference is my possible, in part, by: Selma R. Schimmel, Founder, Vital Options International This is Selma [...]

Debra M. Wujcik, RN, PhD Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Editor of ONS Connect Magazine Selma R. Schimmel, Founder, Vital Options International This is Selma Schimmel at the Oncology Nursing Society Eleventh Research Conference where we’re meeting in Los Angeles and speaking with many of the senior nurses involved with [...]

Linda P. Sarna, DNS, RN, FAAN UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles Past-ONS Distinguished Researcher Recipient This interview discusses the benefits associated with oncology nurse run telephone quitlines in helping smokers to quit, and gives an overview of various modalities and approaches now used to help people overcome this powerful addiction. The Group Room at [...]

Rebecca Crane-Okada, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCN Asst. Professor, Division of Nursing Research and Education Department of Population Sciences City of Hope National Medical Center The Group Room at the 2011 Oncology Nursing Society Research Conference is my possible, in part, by: Selma R. Schimmel, Founder, Vital Options International This is Selma Schimmel in Los Angeles [...]

Kathleen Mooney, RN, PhD, FAAN College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT The Group Room at the 2011 Oncology Nursing Society Research Conference is my possible, in part, by: Selma R. Schimmel, Founder, Vital Options International This is Selma Schimmel in Los Angeles at the Oncology Nursing Society, eleventh research conference, and [...]

Ann M. Berger, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCN, FAAN University of Nebraska Medical Center Even after 20 years of research on cancer-related fatigue, questions remain unanswered about its epidemiology, biology, how we measure it, and its effective interventions.   Oncology nurse play a vital role in the research and supportive care of cancer patients who will likely [...]