BCN-Mail: The Electronic Network for Breast Care Nurses

Advice - Opinions - Support

For Breast Care Nurses

Need advice about caring for your patient with breast cancer?

Wondering how another Breast Care Nurse would handle the clinical problem?

Want to ask questions about breast cancer treatment or support services?

Then you need to join BCN-Mail, the electronic mailing list for Breast Care Nurses!

Hosted by the Westmead Breast Cancer Institute, BCN-Mail offers you the opportunity to discuss issues with other Breast Care Nurses via email. BCN-Mail allows you to get advice and support from an on-line network of Breast Care Nurses, including the Specialist Breast Care Nurse at the Westmead BCI. BCN-Mail facilitates discussion about breast cancer topics and allows the exchange of information, comments and questions about breast cancer.

What is BCN-Mail?

BCN-Mail is a Mail List Service run from BreastNet, the website of the Westmead Breast Cancer Institute. It is an electronic community of nurses involved in treating patients with breast cancer. BCN-Mail members can send messages, questions or comments to all other members. Or, members may simply read comments and discussions from other members, and E-mail individuals to discuss areas of shared interest or to share information.

Who is BCN-Mail for?

BCN-Mail is for nurses involved in treating patients with breast cancer. BCN-Mail is open to all nurses regardless of level of training or experience.

Benefits of Joining BCN-Mail

• Rapid distribution of your questions and comments to a wide, international breast cancer community
• Regular information on the areas of interest, information and experiences of the breast cancer community
• Regular BCN-Mail E-mail from other Breast Care Nurses
• Information on other breast cancer internet resources
• E-Mail access to a network of other nurses interested in breast cancer

The Costs

There is no cost to subscribe, unsubscribe or contribute to BCN-Mail.

Details

You can subscribe or unsubscribe to BCN-Mail at any time at no cost. The BCN-Mail Server collects submitted mail and posts it to all subscribers 4 times a day. The Westmead BCI will review the regularity of this distribution based upon the wishes of subscribers.

BCN-Mail is an unmediated List Server. This means that anything you submit is automatically mailed to all other subscribers. This will be reviewed depending upon usage and the content of posted articles. BreastNet editors reserve the right to delete any message deemed offensive or unrelated to breast cancer. Commercial postings will not be accepted.

Security

Your Email address will not be released to other subscribers, the Westmead Breast Cancer Institute or any other organisation or individual. Your Email address will only be posted to other subscribers if you post a letter to BCN-Mail.

Subscribe/Unsubscribe

You can subscribe or unsubscribe at any time by posting an Email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

To Subscribe to BCN-Mail, leave the subject line blank and type this text into the main body of the message:
subscribe BCN-Mail
(Do not include a signature with this message.)
You will receive an Email confirming your subscription and providing details about posting.

To Unsubscribe to BCN-Mail, leave the subject line blank and type this text into the main body of the message:
unsubscribe BCN-Mail
(Do not include a signature with this message.)
You will receive a final message from BCN-Mail confirming your deletion from the mailing list.

NOTE:
BCN-Mail is a bulletin board to nurses caring for women with breast cancer. The Westmead Breast Cancer Institute is hosting this service but cannot be responsible for e-mails which contain malicious viruses. Please ensure you have updated anti-virus software on your own system.

NOTE:
Some people are receiving an error message referring to an unknown command "this" when attempting to subscribe or unsubscribe to BCN-Mail using Outlook Express. To overcome this problem, in Outlook Express go to Tools/ Options/ Send and set the Mail Sending Format to plain text.

Posting to BCN-Mail

Once you have subscribed to BCN-Mail you can post your questions, comments etc. at any time. Simply e-mail your message to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The message will automatically be distributed to all BCN-Mail subscribers (including yourself) within 24 hours.

Questions and Comments

For more information, or if you would like to comment on BCN-Mail, e-mail the editor .

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 October 2010 15:23