Diane McElwain, RN, MEd, OCN^®
York, PA
dmcelwain@wellspan.org

Happy winter, everyone! 2007 was a very positive year in cancer care, with reports of declining cancer rates. Those of us who have been working in cancer outreach for some time might be thinking, “Perhaps what I teach is making a difference.”

Please make an effort to read the November 2007 issue of ONS Connect. Ellen Giarelli, EdD, RN, CRNP, ex officio of the Prevention and Early Detection SIG, and Suzanne Mahon, RN, DNSc, AOCN^®, APNG, our current newsletter editor, are featured in the article, “Clearing the Air: An Update on the Progress of Tobacco Control.” We are most proud of our members who exemplify why we love our prevention actions.

Because of my busy fall activities, I had quite a pile of literature to review recently. I was amazed by how many publications are highlighting the prevention of cancer as well as reducing cancer risks. Publications such as the Oncology Nursing Forum, Oncology Times, Nutrition Action, and CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians are offering information about current studies and results pertaining to cancer prevention and risk reduction. I eagerly read these articles because I have found that the “inquiring public” also reads the information and often asks questions. Furthermore, I am intrigued as to how often the information changes, challenging those of us in the field to stay informed. An article in the November 2007 issue of Reader’s Digest included interesting information about what vitamins not to take. Newspapers, news magazines, and television news programs are constantly announcing “new breakthroughs.”

The American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund recently released the Second Expert Report on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective. An excellent synopsis of the report can be found in the December 2007 issue of Nutrition Action Healthletter. The report was released by a panel of 21 international experts who reviewed 700 studies on 17 kinds of cancer and 61 types of exposures. The report has shifted the causes of cancer from poor food choices to body "fatness," emphasizing the importance of not gaining weight and engaging in moderate physical activity. Calorie-dense foods and sugary drinks that promote weight gain also are targeted. The recommendations to eat foods mostly of plant origin and to limit the intake of red and processed meats are still valid. Limited alcohol and salt intake are still recommended. Dietary supplements are discouraged. Breastfeeding is encouraged for at least six months. Cancer survivors are advised to follow recommendations for cancer prevention for diet, healthy weight, and physical activity.

Teaching these principles may be as important as teaching the means of early detection of cancer. With the obesity epidemic and the lack of physical activity trend in our country, we have a lot to tackle. I am intrigued that diabetes educators, cardiac rehabilitation nurses, and others soon will have almost an identical message for disease prevention.

In my quest to always present the latest and most accurate information, I am grateful for groups such as our SIG, my local oncology dietitian, and the variety of quick-reading journals and newsletters that are available. Patients, families, and the general public seek advice and information from nurses. With the ever-changing data, I am most grateful that resources are available to us! Please contact me with your ideas for making this newsletter a valuable resource to you. If you are able to review an article, please volunteer to send a synopsis to Editor Suzanne Mahon so that we can include it in a future issue. We would like to make this newsletter as helpful to you as possible.

We continue to work on our Web site. Please e-mail me with your suggestions! The ONS Web master will be helping us with this activity.

I look forward to meeting with you at the ONS 33rd Annual Congress, which will be held May 15–18 in Philadelphia, PA. In the meantime, stay as informed as you can to be a valuable resource for the ever-changing cancer prevention arena.

Search PubMed With Ease Using MeSH Terms

Sue Shultz, MA
York, PA
sshultz@wellspan.org

We previously looked at quick and easy PubMed searching using text words. But what can we do if the search nets too much information or the retrieval yields too many articles that are not exactly on point? To focus our search and eliminate unwanted citations or concepts, we can use MeSH terms.

MeSH, which stands for medical subject headings, is the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary or dictionary of terms approved for indexing articles in MEDLINE. A standardized set of terms provides us with a consistent starting point to retrieve information. MeSH eliminates the need to think of all variations and spellings by assigning a single key term. Let’s look at some examples.

Example 1

You would like to know if early detection of pancreatic cancer can make a significant difference in the mortality rate. You also need to know if and how an early diagnosis can be made.

Begin by clicking “MeSH Database” on the left side of the PubMed home page; the menu on the screen will appear as follows.

In the search box, type one of the concepts for your search. For our example, the main concept would be “pancreatic cancer.” When we have entered those terms and clicked go, a series of possible MeSH matches are displayed along with definitions of the terms. Pancreatic Neoplasms, the first choice, appears to be the best selection for our search.

Put a check mark in the box, and send the term to the “Search Box with AND” by using the pull-down window on the right.

The next term we might try is “early diagnosis.” MeSH does have a term for that, so we can add it to our search in the same way. First, put a check in the box and then send the term to the “Search Box with AND,” as shown above.

Our search box now looks like this:

Other search terms can be added as indicated by the parameters we have established for our question. If we decide that all of the parts of the question are now represented in the search box, we instruct the database to run the search by clicking the “PubMed Search” button. On the day this search was completed (July 23, 2007), the strategy produced 25 articles, 16 of which are in English. The first citation from the retrieval is reproduced here.

Example 2

For this example, we will construct a simple search using a subheading attached to our main subject to refine our retrieval. We would like to know the availability of any current information concerning the prevention of pancreatic cancer.

Begin the search as described above by clicking “MeSH Database” from the menu on the left side of the PubMed home page and type the main concept, “pancreatic cancer,” in the search box. Pancreatic Neoplasms is the closest match. To view the subheadings attached to this MeSH term, either double-click Pancreatic Neoplasms to reveal the subheading list or change the display pull-down menu to Full.

The screen then will expand to include all of the possible subheadings for this term.

Each of these will be preceded by a check box so that one or more subheadings can be selected. For our example, the only subheading of the many offered that we will need is “prevention and control.”

To select the term with the subheading, place a check mark in the box next to “prevention and control” and send to the “Search Box with AND” by using the pull-down window on the right.

Our search strategy will look like this:

To run the search, click the “PubMed Search” button. On the day this search was completed (July 23, 2007), the strategy produced 239 articles, 126 of which are in English. One of the citations from the retrieval is reproduced here:

Summary

This is a simple explanation of a PubMed search using MeSH. For more information, consult the PubMed Tutorials by clicking the “Tutorials” link on the left side of the PubMed home page. Scroll down a short way to find the PubMed’s MeSH Database section, which includes the following tutorials.

• Searching with the MeSH Database (3 minutes, December 2005)
• Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database (4 minutes, December 2005)
• Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH Database (5 minutes, December 2005)

ONS Holds Multisite Research Core Data Set/Outcomes Consensus Conference

Linda Lillington, RN, DNSc
Pittsburgh, PA
llillington@ons.org

ONS has been exploring the role it can play in outcomes measurement and multisite research as part of the Outcomes and Multisite Research Strategic Plans. The Nursing-Sensitive Patient Outcomes White Paper (Given & Sherwood, 2005), published in the Oncology Nursing Forum as a result of the 2003 Outcomes Project Team, provided important background for the examination and evaluation of oncology patient outcomes impacted by nursing interventions. Simultaneously, the interest of ONS research members in identifying ONS’s role in facilitating the use of the same research plan across several sites and pooling data for interpretation and dissemination has led to the development of several initiatives. The outcomes and multisite research initiatives came together at the recent Multisite Research Core Data Set/Outcomes Consensus Conference held August 4–5, 2007.

Several experts were invited to join the Core Data Set Project Team to share and present their expertise in defining outcomes, developing quality indicators, and collecting and storing large data sets. The presenters included Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN, from the National Institutes of Health’s Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Initiative and the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research in Chronic Disorders; Kristen McNiff, MPH, from the American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Oncology Practice Initiative; Lori Hoffman-Hogg, RN, MS, AOCN^®, from the Veterans Affairs Nursing Outcomes Database; and Dianne M. Reeves, RN, MSN, from the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid. Other invited members included Susie Beck, PhD, ARPN, AOCN^®, Deborah Eldredge, PhD, RN, Barb Holmes-Gobel, MS, RN, AOCN^®, and Lori A. Williams, RN, DSN, OCN^®, AOCN^®.

The focus of the consensus conference was to identify a set of core data elements that are meaningful to oncology nurses, patients, and stakeholders and to devise a strategy for collection and use in clinical practice, research, and administration. The group came together to brainstorm, reach consensus on nursing-sensitive measures (core data elements, core data set, and outcomes), and generate ideas for strategies to facilitate implementation in various clinical and research settings. Discussion focused on considerations important in planning and implementing an oncology nursing outcomes measurement program, including the role that ONS can contribute as a professional society.

ONS Putting Evidence Into Practice (PEP^®) resources were considered as the basis for the selection of core data elements. A review of proposed core data elements, their related measures, and criteria for selection, prepared by Christopher Friese, PhD, RN, AOCN^®, and Dorothy Dulko, PhD, RN, MS, NP, identified core data elements to be considered for use, including fatigue, pain, oral assessment, performance status, emotional distress, neurotoxicity, neutropenia, sleep, nausea and vomiting, constipation, and demographic characteristics. The consensus conference participants felt that ONS core data elements for common data collection should aim to provide consistency in nursing core measures across local, regional, and national settings.

The consensus conference yielded many activities that are consistent with several national and international initiatives related to quality cancer care and quality nursing care. The work of the 2007 Core Data Set/Outcomes Consensus Conference Project Team is just beginning, as this will be a long-term initiative with several intermediate steps, ultimately leading to data that will demonstrate the impact of oncology nursing interventions on quality cancer care. ONS has the potential to be in a unique leadership role in this complex and important quality cancer care initiative.

Reference

Given, B.A., & Sherwood, P.R. (2005). Nursing sensitive patient outcomes—A white paper. Oncology Nursing Forum, 32, 773-784.

Message From the Editor
What Is the Perspective?

Suzanne Mahon, RN, DNSC, AOCN^®, APNG
Sunset Hills, MO
mahonsm@slu.edu

I often use a cartoon with Ziggy in my presentations. It is an old but favorite one. It shows Ziggy at the candy counter of a movie theater, debating whether he should buy a gigantic soft drink. The quandary is that the supersized soft drink is the best buy, but he misses half of the movie because of restroom breaks. It is all in the perspective. That is so true of all that we do.

You can look at the world with a glass half-full or a glass half-empty mentality, or somewhere in between. If your furnace goes out on a cold night, but you can get it repaired at a substantial cost, what is your perspective? Are you angered by the cost or grateful that you have a home, a furnace, and the capability to make a repair?

When you speak with families about cancer prevention and early detection, what is your approach? Do you present the statistics of incidence (which can be frightening), or do you just discuss prevention and detection strategies (which may be too simplistic)? Cancer prevention and early detection is not black and white. Patients need to understand the magnitude of the particular cancer that they are concerned about (epidemiology), their likelihood of developing it (personal risk), the strengths and limitations of the proposed screening test(s) (specificity and sensitivity), and the potential consequences of choosing not to screen or engage in a prevention strategy. If your presentation is too positive, the patient may not understand the seriousness of the cancer or the need for screening. If your presentation is too negative, the patient may feel as if there is no hope even with screening.

Institute of Medicine Releases Report on Psychosocial Care for Patients With Cancers

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened a special committee to look at the delivery of psychosocial services to patients with cancer and their families and identify ways to improve the provision of care. The results, which were released in November 2007, are published in Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs.

The findings state that many patients with cancer have psychosocial needs. Although the supply of services is insufficient to address all patient needs, untapped resources exist, frequently at no additional cost. Patients, however, often are unaware of these resources. The committee proposed that all components of the healthcare system incorporate attention to patient psychosocial needs into their practice. This new standard of care recommends that all cancer care should ensure the provision of appropriate psychosocial services by

• Facilitating effective communication between patients and providers
• Identifying patients’ psychosocial health needs
• Designing and implementing a plan that

–Links patients with needed psychosocial services
–Coordinates biomedical and psychosocial care
–Engages and supports patients in managing their illness and health.

• Systematically following-up on, reevaluating, and adjusting plans.

Virtual Community Navigation 101
Take a Tour of Your SIG’s Virtual Community

All oncology nurses spend hours every day navigating patients through the bewildering maze of the medical system. Why not also take time to navigate through your SIG’s virtual community (VC)? It can serve as a library for all kinds of information, professional support, and resources for you and your patients.
To access your SIG’s VC, follow these steps.

• Log on to the Internet.
• Type www.ons.org in your browser's address box.
• Select the "Membership" tab.
• Click on "Special Interest Group (SIG) Virtual Community."
• Arrive at the "SIGs Virtual Community Main Page" of the SIGs Virtual Communities.
• Select "Find a SIG" from the top of the main page.
• Click on your SIG’s link to access the VC.

 
You've arrived! To ensure easier access, make your SIG’s VC one of your "Favorites" by clicking on Favorites located on your computer’s tool bar at the top of the display.

Now you can check out all that your SIG’s VC has to offer. You do not need to log in to look through the page. At the top of the page, you will see a tool bar with tabs on it. The tabs include My SIG Page, About Us, News, Scrapbook, Calendar, Discussion, Find a SIG, and ONS National Announcements. Let’s look at some of the key sections of select tabs.

SIG Home

• Join: Find details about joining an additional SIG; one is free with your membership.
• Membership Directory: Log in using your ONS user name and password to search for a member of your SIG.
• Contact ONS: Learn how to contact ONS’s Membership/Leadership team by postal or e-mail.

About Us

• Our Leadership: Locate members who are currently serving as your SIG’s leaders.
• Strategic Plan: View your SIG's mission statement and strategic plan.

News

• Educational News: Find available resources for nurses.
• Minutes: Read various meeting minutes.
• SIG Newsletters: View previous newsletters.
• Scrapbook: View photographs from SIG meetings.

Calendar

• Refer to a month-by-month calendar of events relating to your SIG.

Discussion

• Network with colleagues who share similar interests and expertise.

ONS National Announcements

• Locate updated information pertinent to the entire ONS membership.

Welcome, New Members!

Please welcome the following members to the Prevention and Early Detection SIG.

News From ONS National

Your Vote Counts!
Remember to exercise your right to vote in the 2008 ONS National (January 2–February 14, 2008) and Prevention and Early Detection SIG (January 2–February 10, 2008) Elections. You’re more than just a member—you have the power!

Oncology Nurse Practitioner Competencies Available
The 2007 Oncology Nurse Practitioner Competencies outlines specialty entry-level competencies for oncology nurse practitioners (ONPs) who care for adult and late adolescent patients throughout the continuum of cancer care. It should be used by nurse practitioners, educators, employers, physicians, nurses, and anyone else who seeks to understand the role of the ONP.

This important guide was developed by a multi-organizational national panel convened by ONS that used a nationally vetted process to develop, review, and revise the document. The competencies then were reviewed and critiqued by 127 ONPs as well as 20 members of a national validation panel comprised of representatives of nursing organizations and National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. To learn more, click here.

2007 Congress Session Webcasts Available
You are invited to listen to and view material presented during several sessions from the 2007 ONS Congress, which was held April 24–27, 2007, in Las Vegas, NV. Earn valuable contact hours viewing sessions on topics such as Advances in the Prevention of Cervical Cancer, Current Trends in Neutropenic Fevers and Sepsis, and Managing Pain in Cognitively Impaired Patients. For more information, click here.

Take Advantage of ONS Partner Products and Services
Your ONS membership entitles you to a suite of additional member benefits from companies such as Verizon, Amica, Bank of America, and Dell. For more information, click here.

Oncology Nursing Forum Addresses Poverty and Human Development
In collaboration with more than 230 other journals worldwide, the November 2007 Oncology Nursing Forum is participating in a global theme issue on poverty and human development. Participating journals will publish new articles on this subject in the fall. The concept was developed by the Council of Science Editors to stimulate international interest in poverty and human development. For more information, click here.
 
Connect With Nurses in Your Subspecialty
Cancer care encompasses many subspecialties. ONS special interest groups (SIGs) put you in touch with other members practicing in the same area as you so you can share ideas and knowledge with each other. All members can join one SIG for free. For more information, click here.

ONS Web Site Offers Smoking Cessation Resources
The ONS Web site offers smoking cessation resources for patients and providers. The Clinical Resource Area and Patient Resource Area provide links to high-quality information resources on the topic.

New ONS PEP^® Card Volume Now Available
The latest volume of the highly popular ONS PEP^® (Putting Evidence Into Practice) card series is now available! The new two-card set features the topics of pain and prevention of bleeding. Order your set today by clicking here.

Bring the 2007 Institutes of Learning and APN Conference Home!
Sessions from the 2007 Institutes of Learning and Advanced Practice Nurse Conference are available for purchase on MP3 audio CD-ROM or as downloadable media. Sessions feature speakers' PowerPoint presentations synchronized with the session audio. Click here to place your order online now.

New Handbook Highlights Role of Oncology Nurse Practitioner
The new, pocket-sized handbook, So, You Want to Be an Oncology Nurse Practitioner?!, will help nurses understand what it means to take on this challenging position. For more information, click here.

Step Up and Become a Diversity Champion
We need you to serve as a diversity champion in your chapter and community! Diversity champions are a vital team of ONS members who serve as a bridge, welcoming all to participate and contribute their knowledge to inclusiveness initiatives—a core value of ONS. Take the challenge! For more information, click here.

Updated 2005–2009 ONS Research Agenda Now Available for Review
The 2007 revision of the 2005–2009 Research Agenda and executive summary are now available for review. The ONS Research Agenda focuses on gaps in the knowledge base for oncology nursing practice. Priority areas, needed funds, mechanisms for funding, and timelines are outlined in the Research Agenda. For more information, click here.

ONS Offers Online Tools for Nurse Researchers
The ONS Web site provides valuable resources for nurse researchers. Be sure to check out the ONS Web Site Research Area to find out information on the ONS Research Agenda, funding opportunities, grant writing resources, and links to helpful research-related Web sites. The ONS Evidence-Based Practice Resource Area offers general information and strategies for using evidence to solve clinical problems. The ONS Outcomes Resource Area provides information about evidence-based oncology nursing interventions and patient outcomes.

CJON Seeks Reviewers

Put your knowledge and expertise to work by becoming a reviewer for the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (CJON). For more information, click here.

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Articles of Interest
Prevention and Early Detection SIG Members May Enjoy These Recently Published Articles

Check out the Oncology Nursing Forum (ONF) for interesting articles about prevention and early detection.

• “Determining Female Physicians' and Nurses' Practices and Attitudes Toward Breast Self-Examination in Istanbul, Turkey,” by Ýkbal Çavdar, RN, PhD, Neriman Akyolcu, RN, PhD, Ayfer Özbaş, RN, PhD, Deniz Öztekin, RN, PhD, Tuluha Ayoğu, RN, MSN and Nuray Akyüz, RN, PhD (ONF, Vol. 34, pp. 1218-1221)
• “Effects of a Culturally Sensitive Education Program on the Breast Cancer Knowledge and Beliefs of Hispanic Women,” by Cathy P. Hall, MSN, RN, OCN^®, John D. Hall, PhD, LP, SPS, NCSP, Judith T. Pfriemer, MSN, RN, Paige D. Wimberley, MSN, RN and Craig H. Jones, EdD  (ONF, Vol. 34, pp. 1195-1202)
• “Cervical Cancer Beliefs and Pap Test Screening Practices Among Chinese American Immigrants,” by Frances Lee-Lin, PhD, RN, OCN^®, CNS, Marjorie Pett, Mstat, DSW, Usha Menon, PhD, RN, Sharon Lee, PhD, Lillian Nail, PhD, CNS, Kathi Mooney, PhD, RN and Joanne Itano, PhD, RN, OCN^®  (ONF, Vol. 34, pp. 1203-1209)
• “Theoretical Framework to Study Exercise Motivation for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction,” by Maureen E. Wood, APRN, BC, ANP, AOCN^® (ONF, Vol. 35, pp. 89-95)

For access to the full-text versions of these and other ONF, visit the Publications area of the ONS Web site.

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Join a Virtual Community

A great way to stay connected to your SIG is to join its Virtual Community. It’s easy to do so. All you will need to do is

• Log on to the ONS Web site (http://www.ons.org/).
• Select "Membership" from the tabs above.
• Then, click on "ONS Chapters and Special Interest Groups."
• Scroll down to "Visit the ONS Special Interest Groups (SIG) Virtual Community" and click.
• Now, select "Find a SIG."
• Locate and click on the name of your SIG from the list of all ONS SIGs displayed.
• Once the front page of your SIG’s Virtual Community appears on screen, select "New User" from the top left. (This allows you to create log-in credentials.)
• Type the required information into the text fields as prompted.
• Click "Join Group" (at the bottom right of the text fields) when done.
  
  Special Notices
  
  
• If you already have log-in credentials generated from the ONS Web site, use this information instead of attempting to generate new information.
• If you created log-in credentials for the ONS Web site and wish to have different log-in information, you will not be able to use the same e-mail address to generate your new credentials. Instead, use an alternate e-mail address.

Subscribe to Your SIG’s Virtual Community Discussion Forum

All members are encouraged to participate in their SIG’s discussion forum. This area affords the opportunity for exchange of information between members and nonmembers on topics specific to all oncology subspecialties. Once you have your log-in credentials, you are ready to subscribe to your SIG’s Virtual Community discussion forum. To do so,

• Select "Log In," located next to "New User," and enter your information.
• Next, click on the "Discussion" tab on the top right of the title bar.
• Now, select "Featured Discussion" from the left drop-down menu.
• Locate and select "Subscribe to Discussion" inside the "Featured Discussion" section.
• Go to "Subscription Options" and select "Options."
• When you have selected and entered all required criteria, you will receive a confirmation message.
• Click "Finish."
• You are now ready to begin participating in your SIG’s discussion forum.

Participate in Your SIG’s Virtual Community Discussion Forum

• First, log in. (This allows others to identify you and enables you to receive notification [via e-mail] each time a response or new topic is posted.)
• Click on "Discussion" from the top title bar.
• Select "Featured Discussion" from the left drop-down menu.
• Click on any posted topic to view contents and post responses.

Sign Up to Receive Your SIG’s Virtual Community Announcements

As an added feature, members also are able to register to receive their SIG’s announcements by e-mail.

• From your SIG’s Virtual Community page, locate the "Sign Up Here to Receive Your SIG’s Announcements" section. This appears above the posted announcements section.
• Select the "Click Here" feature, which will take you to a link to subscribe.
• Once the "For Announcement Subscription Only" page appears on select how you wish to receive your announcements.
• As individual e-mails each time a new announcement is posted
• One e-mail per day comprised of all new daily announcements posted
• Opt-out, indicating that you will frequently browse your SIG’s Virtual Community page for new postings
• Enter your e-mail address.
• Click on "Next Page."
• Because you have already joined your SIG’s Virtual Community, you will receive a security prompt with your registered user name already listed. Enter your password at this prompt and click "Finish."
• This will bring up a listing of your SIG’s posted announcements. Click on "My SIG’s Page" to view all postings in their entirety or to conclude the registration process and begin browsing.

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