ONS Excellence Awards

Mrs. Joanne L. Lester, PhD(c), RNC, CNP, AOCN® 2008 ONS Excellence in Surgical Oncology Award Winner

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

Excellence in Surgical Oncology

Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.

Purpose: To recognize and support excellence of nursing contributions to surgical oncology.

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

• Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
• Have at least two years of oncology nursing experience
• Be a recognized expert in the field of surgical oncology (e.g., through publications, presentations, research, and peer review)
• Made a significant contribution to one or more of the following related to surgical oncology: professional/patient education, clinical practice, and/or nursing research
• Serve as a role model for other nurses.

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

• ONS involvement: Participation should include involvement at the local or national level.
• Includes membership on committees, holding office, or task force participation.
• Recognized expert in the field of surgical oncology nursing, contributing to the development of surgical oncology nursing practice.
• Includes articles in newsletters, journals, reports, video, multimedia, computer assisted instruction, chapters in books (do not include research here, include research in last criteria point)
• Significant contribution to the following areas:
• Patient/professional education related to surgical oncology nursing
• Presentations
• Examples in letters of role modeling
• Specific educational interventions
• Program development
• Adjunct faculty to preceptor for students
• Clinical practice related to surgical oncology:
• Theoretical concepts used
• Nursing process used
• Professional development of self and others
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Quality assurance
• Ethical decision-making used
• Reviews/applies nursing research
• Surgical oncology research
• Independent or collaborative research

Application deadline is August 15, 2008.

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