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2011 GLA-ONS Scholarship Application Form |
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Letters from the ONS National Candidates |
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Interested in your chapter's 2011 Voting Percentage? Click Here for the Full listing.
Candidates for the 2012 ONS National Election were invited to write letters to the chapters to give some additional insight to why they should be the candidate chosen for office. Please review the letters below and be sure to cast your vote by February 15th at 5pm ET. Additional information about the ONS National Elections can be found at http://www.ons.org/Membership/Election
Director at Large
Treasurer
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Catherine A. Glennon, RN, MHS, NE-BC, OCN®
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Letter & Bio |
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Tracy Karen Gosselin, RN, MSN, AOCN®
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Anne Ireland, MSN, RN, AOCN®
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Nominating Committee
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Greater Los Angeles Chapter |
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City of Angels
Our Mission
To Promote the Highest Professional Standards of Oncology Nursing in the Greater Los Angeles area. To study, research, and exchange information, experiences, and ideas, leading to improved oncology nursing and to promote understanding of the specialty of oncology nursing.
Chapter Meeting October 12, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Topic: ""Considerations for the Treatment of PTCL w/ Focus on Management of Side Effects and Mucositis"
Speaker: Kari Halsema, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
Location: Cafe Santorini, The Rococo Room
64-70 W Union Street
Pasadena CA 91103
Phone: 626.564.4203
Email: info@ilcielo.com
Please note that ONS guidelines require Cash Bar Only
Please note that due to pharma guidelines, only health care professionals may attend
*** Note: Practicing licensed healthcare Professionals and GLA-ONS members only. 1 Student registering w/ Clinical Instructor - Free; additional students - $15pp. Non-members/Guest - $25 ***
***RSVP/changes by October 7, 2011. Only emergencies honored after this date.***
P.S. If "Maximum Guests" have been reached, to be put on the WAIT LIST, please mark "Maybe" and include your email so that Yvette Federizo, Program Chair, can contact you if space becomes available.
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A Word from Leukemia Lymphoma "Society Woman of the Year" |
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Jennifer Giannini NP |
Jennifer Giannini NP, GLA-ONS Nominating Chair
I'm proud to announce that I've been nominated for Woman of the Year through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! I'm fundraising on behalf of the boy of the year, Logan, who is 6 years old and is fighting Leukemia! Please visit my website and donate!!
Thanks,
Jennifer
To donate on-line, please go to http://www.mwoy.org/los
and click on my picture or go directly to my fundraising
website: http://los.mwoy.llsevent.org/jgiannini.
Please ensure that I receive your donation no later than May 12th, 2011.
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GLA-ONS Education Awards
Dear GLA ONS Membership,
Attached is the application for the 2011 Education Awards. If you are interested in serving as a member of the scholarship committee – this will be a virtual committee that will review the applications via email and vote electronically.
If interested, please contact either myself joy.pakkianathan@cshs.org or Sosy Fincher at sosyb@amgen.com with your name and contact information.
PLEASE REMEMBER this award will only be given after you have completed the requirements. This is like a reimbursement for expenses, tuition or registration fees.
No Money will be given prior to completion of course, conference etc….
If you have questions, please let me know. Have a wonderful weekend! See you all in April!
Joy
GLA – ONS Chapter President
Award: Monetary award of up to $1000, to be applied toward registration and/or related travel expenses, receipts will be requiredPurpose: To recognize and support excellence of nursing contributions to GLA-ONS and/or patient careNominee's Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must meet the following criteria:
- Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS and GLA-ONS member with at least 2 years in oncology
- Have made a significant contribution to one or more of the following related to oncology: GLA-ONS chapter activities, professional/patient education, clinical practice, and/or chapter research
- Serve as a role model for other nurses.
- Have not received an educational grant from GLA-ONS in the last 3 years
- Will report back to the membership on the experience.
Additional Criteria: The scoring criteria for GLA-ONS involvement judging this nomination packet is as follows:
- GLA-ONS involvement may include:
- Membership on committees or task force participation.
- Articles written for GLA-ONS newsletter
- Community outreach in oncology
- Recruiting new members to ONS/GLA-ONS, recruiting members to sign up for ONSTAT
- Holding past offices
- Future plans for contribution to GLA-ONS:
- Professional/patient education related to sponsored program attendance
- Working on a chapter research project or committee
- Specific educational interventions
- Program development (such as Chapter Chemotherapy class)
- Community outreach
Click Link below to access 2011 GLA-ONS Scholarship Application Form:
http://losangeles.vc.ons.org/file_depot/0-10000000/0-10000/3401/folder/15281/2011%20GLA-ONS%20Scholarship%20Application
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In Memory of Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson |
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Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson |
Noted oncology nurse, researcher, author and editor of the Oncology Nursing Forum for more that 20 years, Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson, RN, MN, died at home on Sunday, February 20, from cancer.
Serving as the Oncology Nursing Society's first Steering Council in 1996, Rose Mary was an active Oncology Nursing Society member.
Along with Linda M. Gorman and Nancy Jo Bush, Rose Mary coedited two editons of the popular "Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer
Continuum". A Scholarship will be created in Rose Mary's honor by our GLA-ONS Chapter
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Pamela Merriam MSN, ANP, BC, OCN wins 2010 Robert T. Angarola Award |
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Pamela Merriam 2010 Robert T. Angarola Award Recipient |
Long time ONS and GLA-ONS member, and mentor to many nurses in the filed of oncology, Pamela Merriam MSN, ANP, BC, OCN was awarded the SCCPI’s (Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative)Highest Honor-The Robert T. Angarola Award.
The Robert T. Angarola Award is presented to an individual who has made the most significant contributions to cancer pain relief and pain management throughout their career.
Pamela currently works at USC Norris Cancer Hospital. Pamela’s dedication and advocacy in caring for patients in pain, her work in the community and with professional organizations, along with her educational presentations made her a “Pain-free” choice for the recipient of this years Award.
More information about Pamela Merriam, the Robert T. Angarola Award and this years SCCPI Awards
Click on Pamela's Photograph to be taken to the SCCPI Awards Gala Article
http://sccpi.coh.org/2010GALA/Merraim.htm
SCCPI Mission: To promote optimum pain relief for all people with cancer.
Linking Pain Management Professionals across Southern California
Visit SCCPI's Website at http://sccpi.coh.org/
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GLA-ONS No-Show Policy for Meetings |
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If you have RSVP'd to a meeting, and find you cannot attend:
1. If it is >24 hours ahead of the meeting: Please change your RSVP in the Evite System
2. If it is within 24 hours of the meeting, or you got a flat tire, developed an illness, or had some other last minute event, please contact either the Program Chair or the President/President Elect (this can be after the meeting if it was a truly "last minute" event). We would recommend Email so that we can get members off our waiting list into meetings. We will post information on who/how to contact us on the website (http://losangeles.vc.ons.org/).
If you are a no-show, (meaning you have RSVP'd yes, but then you DID NOT attend the meeting without contacting the board as above) the first time you will receive a reminder via Email.
If, in the next 12 months, you miss a SECOND meeting you will be issued a no-show fee for $25 payable prior to attending further meetings. This money will be collected and at the end of the year added to the potential scholarship money that will be awarded throughout the year for Conferences.
Again, this policy is purposely meant to address the individuals who have repeatedly not shown up after RSVP'ing Yes. It is not meant as a punishment for last minute issues (who hasn't had a code on their floor/office on their way out the door to a meeting?), it is meant to reinforce professional and courteous behavior to your fellow members. We have a large waiting list for most meetings, and we want to ensure members who wish to attend are not prevented when we have a 10-20% no-show rate.
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Improving Quality of Life and Quality of Care for Oncology Family Caregivers
(Principal Investigator: Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN)
www.cityofhope.org/oncfamilycaregivers
Announcing a new National Cancer Institute-funded professional educational course for healthcare professionals to improve support for oncology family caregivers. The purpose of the project is to improve the quality of life and quality of care for oncology family caregivers across the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual domains. Four three-day courses will provide teams of competitively-selected interdisciplinary oncology professionals the opportunity to learn from national experts to improve support for oncology family caregivers around the country. Two team members from one institution (comprehensive cancer center, community cancer center, hospitals with oncology programs) may apply. One team member must be a nurse, physician, social worker, or administrator (Tier 1). The second team member may be anyone in Tier 1 or Tier 2 (psychologist, spiritual care professional, health educator, others). Each two-person team will apply the skills acquired during the course to achieve excellence in oncology family caregiver support within their own institutions. Two courses are available in 2011: March 30-April 1, and July 13-15. Application deadlines for courses in 2011 are October 1, 2010 and February 1, 2011. The 2011 courses will be held at the Disneyland Resort Paradise Pier Hotel in Anaheim, California.
· Free Registration and Course Materials
· Meals (breakfast, lunch and snacks)
· $350 stipend per room applied Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel room bill
· 16.75 CE Units*
· 6, 12, and 18 month follow-up and support
Please feel free to share our course announcement with your healthcare colleagues
*RN & SW: CE’s to be provided by: City of Hope/Beckman Research Institute, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13380, for 16.75 contact hours. Other disciplines: Pending
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GLA-ONS is over 200 Members Strong! |
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Membership Report October 2009:
GLA-ONS is over 200 members strong! But we are always open to new members to enhance our chapter even more.
October kicks off our membership drive and membership renewal for current members. We are currently reviewing a list received from ONS that provides us with the names of local RNs who are members of National ONS but not the local chapter. We will include them in our membership drive to inform them about our great chapter and all of the opportunities available. Please check your email in the coming weeks. We will send an email to inform you that your membership is due for renewal with an application attached. You may return the application to the November meeting or drop it in the mail to the address indicated on the application. If you know of anyone who may be interested in joining our chapter, please feel free to print an extra application for them.
Membership to GLA-ONS requires that your National membership is current. The dues are as follows: Student member-$15/year. Regular member-$25 for one year, or $40 for two years.
Thank you to all members that keep our chapter extraordinary!
We look forward to another great year of working with our members.
Membership Chairs, Jennifer Peterson and Sue Cabriales
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