November Awareness
Posted almost 7 years ago by Gwen Spector
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November Health and Cancer Awareness
Carcinoid Tumor Awareness Month
National Family Caregiver Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Medical-Surgical Nurse Week (1-7)
Urology Nurses and Associates Week ( 1-7)
Nurse Practitioners Week (11–17)
Perioperative Nurse Week (11–17)
GERD Awareness Week (18-24)
Genetic Counselor Awareness Day (8)
Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) Day (10)
World Pancreatic Cancer Day (15)
National Family Health History Day (22)
Don’t Forget:
Daylight saving time ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday November 4th. Don’t forget to turn back your clocks before you go to sleep this Saturday, November 3rd.
November Spotlight
Palliative Care
Palliative care is a specialized field of medicine. Palliative care consists of a team of doctors and nurses who address all aspects of pain—physical, psychological, relational, social, spiritual, and religious. (National Institute of Health). Palliative care and hospice are not interchangeable terms. Both palliative care and hospice care provide comfort. But palliative care can begin at diagnosis, and at the same time as treatment. Hospice care begins after treatment of the disease is stopped and when it is clear that the person is not going to survive the illness.(MedLine Plus)
Get more information at:
The Center to Advance Palliative Care
Get Palliative Care Palliative Care What You Should Know
MedlinePlus What is Palliative Care
Sarah Cannon Blog What is Palliative Care
Tobacco and Cancer
Tobacco is a major risk factor in many cancers and other diseases, including risks from secondhand smoke. There is no safe tobacco. Get more information at:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Tobacco
National Cancer Institute: Tobacco