ONS Lectureships

All awards, grants, and scholarships are tentative and subject to change based on funding availability.

ONS Clinical Lectureship (EC11)

Award: A $2,000 award, one roundtrip coach airfare to ONS Annual Congress, two-day per diem for Congress, and a plaque. The paper will be published in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.

Purpose: To recognize and support excellence in clinical nursing practice. The lecture is presented at the ONS Annual Congress.

Nominee's Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must meet the following criteria:

• Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
• Have  a minimum of two years experience in oncology nursing
• Be a recognized expert in clinical nursing practice because of his or her contributions to the development of oncology nursing

Criteria: The scoring criteria for judging this nomination packet is as follows:

• ONS involvement: Participation should include involvement at the local or national level, and includes membership on committees, holding office, or task force participation.
• The nominee's clinical practice is consistent with the ONS Scope of Oncology Nursing Practice and demonstrates the use of the following criteria:
  • Use of theoretical concepts
  • Use of the nursing process
  • Professional development of self and other
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration
  • Quality assurance
  • Uses ethical decision making
  • Reviews and applies research into practice (Examples of actual patient contacts, examples of actual patient experiences provided by patients within the reference letters, Clinical practice nursing research, Topics, lectures, a model or theory, developed standards of care, published a model/theory)
• The nominee is an effective communicator:
  • Examples within reference letters
  • Presentations listed on CV well written based on the conference
• Clinical practice contribution to literature:  Includes articles in newsletters, journals, reports, video, multimedia, computer assisted instruction, or chapters in books
• Contribution to the development of the oncology nursing practice:
  • Examples within reference letters or on CV
  • Clinical developments such as staff development, program development, patient teaching, support groups
  • Community outreach (Programs such as ACS, Leukemia Society, camps for patients with cancer, survivor's day participation or other related activities
  • Adjunct faculty or preceptor of students)
• The clinical topic is relevant to membership at large, well written, concerns a current educational need and/or new trend. 

Application Process
The October 31st awards submission deadline has now passed. Please note that selected award recipients will be notified in early 2012. The next awards cycle will commence after ONS Congress (May, 2012) and individual award applications will be posted at that time.