Eileen Furlong, RGN, RCN, PhD, the European Oncology Nursing Society Distinguished Merit Award Winner in 2011, discusses her research on how a maternal cancer diagnosis affects children ages 7-11. The Group Room at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference was made possible, in part, by:   VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Selma Schimmel, Founder & CEO, Vital Options [...]

Advocacy in Action lung cancer advocates discuss the important role oncology nurses play in lung cancer treatment and care. Featuring: Regina M. Vidaver (National Lung Cancer Partnership), Selma Schimmel (Vital Options international), Glenda Colburn (Lung Cancer National Programme, Australia) and Liz Isler (Forum Lung Cancer, Switzerland).

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 [...]

Ann M. Berger, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCN, FAAN University of Nebraska 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.  We are at the Oncology Nursing Society, eleventh research conference where [...]

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 [...]