Schedule at a Glance by DAY

Tuesday, May 2 • Wednesday, May 3 • Thursday, May 4 • Friday, May 5 • Saturday, May 6 • Sunday, May 7

8 am – 5 pm
ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Course-part 1

Noon – 5 pm
OCN^® Review-part 1
AOCNP/AOCNS Review-part 1

8 am – 5 pm
ONS Leadership SPA
ONS Radiation Therapy Course
ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Course-part 2
OCN^® Review-part 2
AOCNP/AOCNS Review-part 2

9 am – 6 pm
Pre-Congress Sessions
#1 Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Primer for Oncology Nurses
#2 Pharmacology Update
#3 Chemotherapy: It's Not Just for Cancer Anymore

2 – 6 pm
Pre-Congress Sessions
#4 What is Your Question? How to Construct Great Tests
#5 Pain Management Resource Nurse Program: Defining the Role and Setting Up for Success
#6 ONS Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Renewal and Update Course
#7 The ABCs of Stem Cell Transplant: What Every Oncology Nurse Needs to Know
#8 Oncology Nursing in a Private Practice Setting
#9 Meet the Families of Targeted Therapies: The HERs, VEGFs, RASs, MMPs, RAFs, and AKTs

9 am – 11 am
Opening Ceremony/Keynote Speaker

11:30 am – 1 pm
Poster Session 1: Focus Group Meetings

1:30 – 3 pm
Discussion Sessions
#1 Concurrent Chemoradiation and Safety
#2 Cancer Shouldn't Have to Hurt: Disparities in Cancer Pain Management

Instructional Sessions
#1 Maximizing Funding Support in the New Healthcare Compliance Era
#2 Pancreatic Cancer: Current Treatment and Future Possibilities
#3 Future Directions in Prevention and Early Detection in Prostate, Lung, and Colon Cancer
#4 Clinical Hot Topics
#5 Your Patient Completed Treatment: What Comes Next?

Distinguished Researcher Session
Patient Participation in Treatment Decision-Making: An International Nursing Research Odyssey

3:30 – 5 pm
Discussion Sessions
#3 Transforming the Work Environment for Oncology Nurses-Addressing Workplace Civility
#4 Taking a 15-Minute Sabbatical at Work

Instructional Sessions
#6 Collaborating to Address Health Disparities in Cancer Care
#7 Oncologic Emergency Update: Tumor Lysis Syndrome
#8 Research Opportunities in the Cooperative Groups
#9 Moving Forward With Evidence-Based Practice
#10 Treating Adults With Childhood Malignancies: Sarcomas and Leukemias

Special Symposium
Medicare Cuts, the Nursing Shortage, and Cancer Research Funding Decreases-How You Can Make A Difference

5:15 – 6:30 pm
Special Interest Group Networking/Planning Meetings

6:30 – 8:15 am
ONCC Recognition Breakfast for Oncology Certified Nurses

8:30 am – 3 pm
Exhibit Hall Open

8:30 – 10 am
Bench to Bedside Lectureship
From Bench to Bedside: Pharmacogenetics, Pharmacogenomics, and Personalized Medicine

10:30 – Noon
Special Sessions
Grant Writing Session

Discussion Sessions
#5 A Team is More Than a Bunch of Folks
#6 Aiming to Improve Assessment, Information, and Management for Chemotherapy Symptoms

Instructional Sessions
#11 Managing Older Patients With Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma
#12 Cutting Edge Technology: Intracranial and Extracranial Radiation Therapy
#13 Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment: What Are We Missing?

International Symposium
Advocacy in Action—Mobilizing the Cancer Community

12:30 – 2 pm
ONS Clinical Lecture
Supported by an independent educational grant from Schering Corporation

Special Session
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Listens

2:30 – 4 pm
Discussion Sessions
#7 Shared Governance: A Cornerstone of Excellence in Oncology Care and a Force of Magnetism
#8 Involuntary Weight Loss, Cancer, and Optimal Nutrition Interventions

Instructional Sessions
#4 Clinical Hot Topics
#14 Highlighting the Spheres of Influence of Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists
#15 Balancing Evidence and Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Localized Breast Cancer
#16 Bedside Bioethics: Oncology Nurses' Role in Ethics Consultation Committees
#17 Hone Your Reaction Actions: Hypersensitivity, Anaphylaxis, and Extravasations

4:15 – 5:30 pm
Special Interest Group Networking/Planning Meetings

6:30 am
ONF Foundation/Pfizer Fun Run/Walk and Wheelchair Race

8:30 – 10 am
Mara Mogensen Flaherty Memorial Lecture

10 am – 3pm
Exhibit Hall Open

10:30 am – Noon
Discussion Sessions
#9 New Respiratory Therapy Concepts and Technologies
#10 Everything But the Operation: The Role of the APN in Surgical Oncology

Instructional Sessions
#18 Neurological Complication of Patients With Cancer: Seizures and Leptomeningeal Disease
#19 Developing Nursing Competencies on Dedicated and NonDedicated Oncology Units
#20 Closed Chemotherapy Administration Systems: Are You in Compliance?
#21 Lymphedema in Cancer Survivors
#24 The Quality of Dying: Dimensions of Patient Control

12:30 – 2 pm
ONS Annual Business Meeting/Town Hall

2:30 – 4 pm
Special Session
The Practice Doctorate in Nursing-Point-Counterpoint

Discussion Sessions
#9 New Respiratory Therapy Concepts and Technologies
#11 Safe Opioid Rotation: Switching Back and Forth
#12 Rebuilding a Troubled Oncology Inpatient Unit

Instructional Sessions
#10 Treating Adults With Childhood Malignancies: Sarcomas and Leukemias
#22 What the Oncology Nurse Needs to Know About Drug Development
#23 Patient-Centered Technologies for Self-Care and Remote Monitoring

4:30 – 6 pm
Poster Session 2

8 – 9:30 am
Discussion Session
#11 Safe Opioid Rotation: Switching Back and Forth

Instructional Sessions
#11 Managing Older Patients With Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma
#17 Hone Your Reaction Actions: Hypersensitivity, Anaphylaxis, and Extravasations
#25 Prophylactic Surgeries-Strategies for Preparing Patients at High Risk for Cancer
#26 The Journey to Improve Nursing-Sensitive Patient Outcomes
#27 Who Will Take Care Of Us? Recruitment and Retention Issues for Oncology

9:45 – 11:15 am
Discussion Sessions
#4 Taking A 15-Minute Sabbatical at Work
#13 Difficult Conversations

Instructional Sessions
#4 Clinical Hot Topics
#7 Oncologic Emergency Update: Tumor Lysis Syndrome