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Press Room Schedule
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Thursday, May 15 • Friday, May 16 • Saturday, May 17
Press Room 110A, B
Philadelphia Convention Center
May 15 – May 18, 2008
Thursday – Saturday, 8 am – 5 pm
Sunday, 8 – 11 am
Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be available for registered media.
THURSDAY, MAY 15
Media Briefing, 11:30 – 1:00
Paula T. Rieger, RN, MSN, AOCN®, FAAN – ONS Chief Executive Officer and Georgia Decker, MS, RN, CS-ANP, AOCN® – ONS President will deliver a brief ONS update.
Cancer CAM: Principles and Practices of Common Modalities
Learn about integrating complementary and alternative medicine into cancer care. Several common therapies will be discussed.
Speakers:
- Georgia Decker, MS, RN, CS-ANP, AOCN® –- Private Practice, Integrative Care
- Colleen Lee, MS, CRNP, AOCN® – NCI Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Marion Bergan Irwin, L, AC – Integrative Care
Optimizing Cancer Care Delivery: Setting the Stage for the Role of the Nurse Navigator
Tips for developing and implementing a successful navigator program. Speakers will address outcome measures for documenting the effects of nursing interventions.
Speakers:
- Darcy Burbage, RN, MSN, AOCN® –Breast Center, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center at Christiana Care
- Sharon Gentry, RN, MSN, AOCN® – Forsyth Regional Cancer Center
- Michele O’Brien, RN, MSN, APRN-BC – Fairview Southdale Hospital
FRIDAY, MAY 16
Media Briefing, Noon – 1:30
Hosted by Schering-Plough:
Advances in Antifungal Prophylaxis: The Nurses' Role in Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients
Speakers: To be announced
SATURDAY, MAY 17
Lunch and Learn, Noon – 1:30
Join genetics experts for lunch and an informal opportunity to ask questions about their session topics.
Identifying the Family at Risk
Ask speakers about:
- The role of genes and heredity in the development of cancer.
- Characteristics of hereditary cancer syndromes.
- How to obtain family health history and how to construct and interpret a pedigree.
- When to refer a patient for genetic risk assessment and genetic counseling.
Speakers:
- Millie Arnold, RN, OCN®, CCRC – Baylor University Medical Center
- Jennifer Loud, RN, MSN, CRNP – National Cancer Institute
- Marty Weinar, RN, MS – Cancer Treatment Centers of America
The Essential Nursing Competencies for Genetics and Genomics: Impact on Oncology Nursing Practice
Ask speakers about:
- An overview of the Essential Nursing Competencies and Curricula Guidelines for Genetics and Genomics established by consensus conference.
- Case scenarios.
Speakers:
- Agnes Masny, RN, MPH, MSN – Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Kathleen Calzone, RN, MSN, APNG, FAAN – NCI Center for Cancer Research Genetics
Media Registration
Media credentials for the ONS 33rd Annual Congress and access to the Press Room are reserved for working members of the media employed by established news organizations. Press badges will be issued to journalists who submit documentation:
- Publisher (one per publication): Please submit a business card from an established publication containing your editorial title.
- Editor (all levels): Please submit a business card from an established publication containing your editiorial title.
- Print or broadcast reporter, producer, photographer, camera crew: Please submit a business card or photocopy/fax of current press identification card.
- Freelance writer: Please submit an original letter containing specific assignment from managing editor.
Note: In accepting ONS's press badge, the freelance writer agrees to provide ONS, within 30 days of publication, a copy or web link to an article(s) written about the 33rd Annual Congress.
Please submit registration form with appropriate documentation by May 1 to:
Jeanette Kent, Public Relations Manager
Oncology Nursing Society
125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275
Fax: 412-859-6163
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