ISNCC Projects and Activities

ISNCC is excited to be involved in many different projects throughout the year of 2011. Here are a list of projects and corporations that we have partnered with:


June 22 - 23, 2011
Hotel Sheraton
Prague, Czech Republic
Tobacco Cessation Leadership Workshops in the Czech Republic
Supported by Bristol Myers Squibb Bridging Cancer Care Initiative

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.

July 27 - 28, 2011
The Westin Beijing ChaoYang
Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
Adapting a Smoking Cessation Distance Learning Program to Educate Nurses in China - Pilot Project Working Group Meeting
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Pfizer Foundation

The International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) is pleased to work with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for the project: ‘Adapting a Smoking Cessation Intervention Distance Learning Program to Educate Nurses in China’, funded by Pfizer Foundation.

ISNCC partnered with Professor Linda Sarna, University of California, Los Angeles, and Dr. Stella Bialous, President, Tobacco Policy International to adapt a Web-based educational program to increase nurses’ knowledge and skills in conducting tobacco cessation intervention in the Peoples Republic of China.  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.


September 3 -4, 2011
Huatai Hotel
Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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
Supported by Bard Access Systems China

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 project provided Chinese nurses with the materials they require to appropriately use access devices based on best available evidence.

The overall objectives of the project was:

1. Make available vascular access materials for Chinese nurses,
2. Educate Chinese nurses on the availability of new vascular access materials, and
3. Continue to make available vascular access materials for Chinese nurses over the long term.

October 13 -15, 2011
Novotel Warszawa Centrum
Warsaw, Poland
ISNCC and Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation 2011 Learning and Sharing Conference
Supported by Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation

ISNCC partnered with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to conduct a Learning and Sharing Conference – Addressing Cancer Disparities in Central and Eastern Europe, at the Hotel Novoel Warszawa Centrum, Warsaw, Poland on October 13-16, 2011.  The conference provided 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 conference was:

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.