ONS Excellence Awards

Carolyn Weaver, RN, MSN, AOCN® 2008 Excellence in Patient/Public Education Award Winner

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Excellence in Patient/Public Education Award (EC01)

Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.

Purpose: To recognize and support excellence in patient/public education. Nominees for this award will be oncology nurses who are involved in offering creative public or patient education.

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

• Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
• Has a minimum of two years experience in oncology nursing

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

• Candidate teaches patients or community groups in manner consistent with the ONS Standards of Oncology Education: Patient/Family and Public.
• Candidate identifies needs for education in patients, families, or communities and plans innovative programs to meet those identified needs.
• Programs have clearly stated objectives .
• Content of program(s) is relevant to population served.
• Creative strategies and presentation techniques are used in implementing program.
• Program evaluation methods are appropriate.
• Candidate serves as a role model for other nurses.
• Candidate creates a network to sustain health-promoting behaviors.
• Candidate establishes positive teacher-learner relationships.

Application deadline is August 15, 2008.

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