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| Corporate PartnershipISNCC has a consistent and successful record of international activities that impact communities by advancing the knowledge and skills of cancer nurses. We have accomplished this through partnerships with corporations as well as other cancer organizations. A sample of these activities includes the following:
ISNCC invites corporations to fund, promote, or co-develop initiatives that support specific goals that advance cancer nursing and patient care worldwide. Cancer nurses globally need access to evidence-based practice, continuing education and opportunities to advance their knowledge and clinical practice. CLICK HERE to view ISNCC Corporate Brochure CURRENT ISNCC CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS ISNCC is currently working on the following exciting corporate partnership projects. Translation and Cultural Adaptation of ‘Access Device Guidelines: Recommendations for Nursing Practice and Education, Third Edition [ISBN 978-1-890504-96-0]’ into Simplified Chinese Bard Access Systems China May 2011 ISNCC has partnered with Bard Access Systems to translate ‘Access Device Guidelines: Recommendations for Nursing Practice and Education, Third Edition [ISBN 978-1-890504-96-0]’ and launch this translated text in China, with the Chinese Oncology Nursing Society. The aim of this project will be to provide Chinese nurses with the materials they require to appropriately use access devices based on best available evidence. The overall objectives of the project will include the following: (1) Make available vascular access materials for Chinese nurses, (2) Educate Chinese nurses on the availability of new vascular access materials (3) Continue to make available vascular access materials for Chinese nurses over the long term. Learning and Sharing Conference – Addressing Cancer Disparities in Central and Eastern Europe Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation May 2011 ISNCC has partnered with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to conduct a Learning and Sharing Conference – Addressing Cancer Disparities in Central and Eastern Europe, to be held in Warsaw, Poland on October 13-16, 2011. The aim of this conference will be to provide a platform to support an audience of experienced cancer healthcare professionals from across Eastern Europe, including the 2009 and 2010 Bridging Cancer Care grantees, to learn from leaders in addressing cancer disparities, and collaborate with others to build increased capacity for healthcare professionals and their communities. The overarching goal of the conference will be to encourage delegates to build capacity by learning from both leaders and each other via collaboration. The overall objectives of the proposed Learning and Sharing Conference – Addressing Cancer Disparities in Central and Eastern Europe are: (1) To share experiences and learnings on addressing cancer disparities and thereby build capacity, and (2) To build the leadership skills of cancer healthcare professionals and thereby mobilize communities. Smoking Cessation Intervention Program for Nurses in China University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Pfizer Foundation April 2011 The International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) is pleased to announce that the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in partnership with ISNCC, has been selected as a grant recipient by the Pfizer Foundation for a the following project: ‘Adapting a Smoking Cessation Intervention Distance Learning Program to Educate Nurses in China.’ China has the largest population of smokers in the world. In support of the tenets of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, major tobacco control efforts by healthcare professionals are underway but there has been limited attention to enhancing the role that the 1.65 million nurses in China can play in curbing the tobacco-related epidemic. ISNCC will partner with Professor Linda Sarna, University of California, Los Angeles, and Dr. Stella Bialous, President, Tobacco Policy International in this effort to adapt a Web-based educational program to increase nurses’ knowledge and skills in conducting tobacco cessation intervention. A grant from Pfizer Foundation is funding this innovative intervention using information technology which will be tested by 1000 practicing nurses in Beijing. Dr. Xiao Nong Zou, Chief, Office for Tobacco Control, National Office for Cancer Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Professor Sophia Chan, Head, School of Nursing, University of Hong Kong, will serve as key consultants. A special page on the Tobacco Free Nurses website will include nurse-tailored translated materials and a twenty minute video Web-cast based on the Rx for Change curriculum© to educate nurses on tobacco cessation interventions. Tobacco Cessation Leadership Workshops in the Czech Republic 2010 Bristol Myers Squibb Bridging Cancer Care Initiative Grant Announcement January 2011 The International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a 2010 grant recipient of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation's Bridging Cancer Care initiative. The collaborative 2 year project includes a series of capacity-building Tobacco Cessation Leadership Workshops in the Czech Republic to educate nurses on advances in tobacco control, cancer prevention, treatment and care. The major identified needs in the Czech Republic are three-fold: (1) to address the epidemic of tobacco use and the resulting cancers in the Czech Republic, (2) to engage nurses in the fight against tobacco and cancer prevention, and (3) to build capacity among nurses in the Czech Republic to continue working on smoking cessation and thereby cancer prevention initiatives. The project seeks to educate nurses on advances in tobacco control, cancer prevention, treatment and care. The proposed project is a four-phased, two-year project that will build capacity among nurses in the Czech Republic to enhance their engagement in tobacco control and thereby cancer prevention. The ISNCC Project Team will be led by Dr. Linda Sarna, Professor, University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, and Dr. Stella Bialous, Tobacco Policy International. Further, ISNCC will work with the European Oncology Nursing Society and the Czech Oncology Nursing Society to further this important project. |