ONS 30th Annual Congress

Session Details:
Schedule at a Glance by TRACK

Educational tracks allow you to choose sessions that are applicable to your areas of practice or interest. Each pre-Congress, discussion, instruction, poster, and podium session, as well as some of the special sessions, includes a code indicating its educational track. You can use this track schedule to make the most of your Congress experience.

Click on the name of the session to read the session description.

Track Codes
Level of Content
Session Type Key
AD-Administration
CP-Clinical Practice
ED-Education
GEN-General
RE-Research
ADV-Advanced
INTRO-Introductory
• Discussion
• Podium
• Pre-Congress
• Instructional
• Poster
• Special

Administration

Discussion Session 2: Maximizing Reimbursement in In- and Outpatient Settings (ADV/ADM)
Discussion Session 3: Keeping Patients Safe: Evidence for Transforming Work Environments (ADV/ADM)
Instructional Session 34: Development of an Oncology Specialty in Home Care (ADV/ADM)
Pre-Congress Session 6: Staffing: Current Perspectives (ADV/ADM)

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Clinical Practice

Discussion Session 1: A Lion in the House-Lessons From Pediatric Oncology Patients ((INTRO/CP)
Discussion Session 7: A Test for All Seasons (Genetic Testing) (INTRO/CP)
Discussion Session 8: End-of-Life Issues for Patients With Primary or Metastatic Brain Tumors (INTRO/CP)
Discussion Session 12: Is the Use of Chemotherapy Appropriate in the Patient Receiving Hospice Care? (INTRO/CP)
Discussion Session 13: AIM Higher: A Landmark Initiative to Assessment, Information, and Management of Patient Symptoms (ADV/CP/ED)
Instructional Session 1: Overcoming Barriers to Quality Care: Improving Outcomes for the Lesbian, Gay Men, Bisexual, and Transgendered Community (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 3: Update of HPV Role in Cervical Cancer Prevention Strategy (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 4: Acute Leukemia (CP/INTRO)
Instructional Session 5: A Contemporary Model for Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 6: Issues in Psychosocial Distress for Cancer Survivors (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 8: Beyond Fantasy Into Reality: Treatment of Cancer in the Next 10 Years (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 9: Lung Cancer: The Art and Science of Disease and Treatment-Related Symptom Management (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 10: The Forgotten Oncologic Emergencies (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 11: The Use of Palliative Sedation for End-of-Life Refractory Symptoms (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 12: Palliative Radiation Therapy (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 14: When You Know That You Don't Know: Cancer of Unknown Origin (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 15: Practical Pharmacology of Novel Therapies: Mechanisms, Metabolism, and Drug Interactions (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 16: Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines: What Have We Learned? (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 17: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection: Changing Cultural Barriers to Cultural Bridges (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 18: Immunosuppression in Transplant Patients (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 20: Advances in Breast Imaging: Keeping Up With Evolving Technologies (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 22: At Home With Spiritual Care: Meeting the Spiritual Needs of Patients in the Homecare Setting (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 23: Smoking Cessation: Looking at Evidence-Based Strategies (INTRO/CP/ED)
Instructional Session 24: Clinical Hot Topics (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 25: Exercise Programs for Patients With Cancer (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 26: Clinical Trials for the Community Oncology Team (ADV/CP)
Instructional Session 27: The Real Chemoprotection: Protecting Nurses From Liability Issues Associated With Chemotherapy (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 32: Supportive Care for the Prostate Patient With Cancer (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 33: Best Practices in Neutropenia Management: You Can Get There From Here (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 35: Parenthood After Cancer: Risks and Options to Discuss Before and After Treatment (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 36: Symptom Clusters: Moving Research Findings Into Practice (ADV/RE/CP)
Instructional Session 37: Cancer: The Myths and Urban Legends (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 38: Neuropathic Pain Syndromes (INTRO/CP)
Instructional Session 39: Gynecology Malignancy Update: New Chemotherapy Treatments Used Throughout the Disease Trajectory (INTRO/CP)
Podium Session 3: New Approaches to Old Problems (INTRO/CP/ED)
Podium Session 5: Advances in Patient Care in the BMT Setting (ADV/CP/ED)
Podium Session 6: Cancer Care Across the Lifespan (INTRO/CP/ED/RE)
Podium Session 7: Translating Research Into Practice (ADV/CP)
Podium Session 8: Improving the Quality of Cancer Nursing Care: Innovations and Strategies (ADV/CP/ED)
Podium Session 9: New Strategies in the Management of Lung Cancer (ADV/CP)
Podium Session 11: Strategies for Symptom Management (INTRO/CP)
Podium Session 12: GI Cancers: Advanced Interventions and Nursing Care (ADV/CP)
Podium Session 13: New Advances in Palliative Care (INTRO/CP/ED/RE)
Podium Session 14: Preventing and Managing the Complications of Cancer Care: Cardiopulmonary Complications and Infection (INTRO/CP)
Podium Session 15: Radiation Therapy: Strategies for Success (INTRO/CP/ED)
Podium Session 16: Improving the Chemotherapy Administration Process: Strategies for Success (INTRO/CP/ED)
Podium Session 17: Innovations in Psychosocial Support (ADV/CP/ED/RE)
Podium Session 19: Advances on the Information Superhighway (ADV/CP)
Podium Session 20: New Roles, New Services: Innovations in Care Delivery (ADV/CP)
Podium Session 21: New Agents, New Uses, New Methods: Medications in Cancer Care (INTRO/CP)
Podium Session 22: Multidisciplinary Care Initiatives to Improve Symptom Management (ADV/CP)
Pre-Congress Session 1: Focus on Safety: Strategies to Reduce Risk of Harm to Patients and Nurses (ADV/CP)
Pre-Congress Session 2: Pharmacotherapeutics for Palliative Care (ADV/CP)
Pre-Congress Session 3: The Power of Partnerships ((ADV/CP))
Pre-Congress Session 4: Management of Medical Problems in the Oncology Patient: Cardio/Pulmonary Complications (ADV/CP)
Pre-Congress Session 5: Care of the Adolescent and Young Adult Patient With Cancer (INTRO/CP)
Pre-Congress Session 7: Priority Symptom Management (PRISM) as Applied to Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (INTRO/CP)
Pre-Congress Session 8: A Targeted and Biological Therapy Primer: They Keep on Coming and They Are Here to Stay (INTRO/CP)
Special Session: From Bench to Bedside: Telomeres, Telomerase, and Clinical Implications (ADV/CP)
Special Session: ONS/Schering Oncology/Biotech Clinical Lecture and Luncheon (INTRO/CP)
Special Symposium: What's in Your Practice? Using Evidence to Support Gero-Oncology Nursing Practice (INTRO/CP)

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Education

Discussion Session 5: Maintaining Chemotherapy Competency (ADV/ED)
Discussion Session 11: TITAN: Modifying an Innovative American Program for Use With a European Audience (ADV/ED)
Discussion Session 13: AIM Higher: A Landmark Initiative to Assessment, Information, and Management of Patient Symptoms (ADV/CP/ED)
Instructional Session 19: From Vision to Practice: Safe Administration of High Dose IL-2 With Competence and Confidence (INTRO/ED)
Instructional Session 23: Smoking Cessation: Looking at Evidence-Based Strategies (INTRO/CP/ED)
Instructional Session 28: Ensuring Quality in Radiation Oncology Nursing (INTRO/ED)
Instructional Session 30: Activities of ONS Chapters in Improving Palliative Care (INTRO/ED)
Podium Session 3: New Approaches to Old Problems (INTRO/CP/ED)
Podium Session 5: Advances in Patient Care in the BMT Setting (ADV/CP/ED)
Podium Session 6: Cancer Care Across the Lifespan (INTRO/CP/ED/RE)
Podium Session 8: Improving the Quality of Cancer Nursing Care: Innovations and Strategies (ADV/CP/ED)
Podium Session 13: New Advances in Palliative Care (INTRO/CP/ED/RE)
Podium Session 15: Radiation Therapy: Strategies for Success (INTRO/CP/ED)
Podium Session 16: Improving the Chemotherapy Administration Process: Strategies for Success (INTRO/CP/ED)
Podium Session 17: Innovations in Psychosocial Support (ADV/CP/ED/RE)
Podium Session 18: Professional Development in Oncology Nursing: What Are We Doing Now? (ADV/ED)

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General

Discussion Session 4: ONS Ambulatory Office Nursing Survey Report (ADV/GEN)
Discussion Session 6: Author! Author! Getting Your Ideas Into Print (INTRO/GEN)
Discussion Session 9: Advocacy and Health Policy: Bringing Nurses' Skills and Experience to Our Nation's Policymakers (INTRO/GEN)
Discussion Session 10: Creating Chapter Excellence (INTRO/GEN)
Instructional Session 2: Recognizing Obesity as a Risk Factor for Cancer: Strategies for Change (INTRO/GEN)
Instructional Session 13: Impact of Shift Work on Oncology Nurses' Health and Patient Safety (INTRO/GEN)
Instructional Session 21: Feeling Good About Where You Work (INTRO/GEN)
Instructional Session 29: Stories of Oncology Family Caregiving (INTRO/GEN)
Poster Session 1: Supporting Patients and Clinicians Through the Continuum of Care (INTRO/GEN)
Poster Session 2: Research and Resources for Quality Cancer Care (RE/ADM)
Special Session: International Symposium: Global Picture of Pain Management in Patients With Cancer (INTRO/GEN)
Special Session: Mara Mogensen Flaherty Memorial Lecture (INTRO/GEN)

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Research

Instructional Session 7: Clinical Research, Financial Compliance-Expectations and Reality (ADV/RE)
Instructional Session 31: The Women's Health Initiative: Its Importance for Oncology Nursing Practice and Research (INTRO/RE)
Instructional Session 36: Symptom Clusters: Moving Research Findings Into Practice (ADV/RE/CP)
Podium Session 1: The Nuts and Bolts of Nursing Research: Practical Methods for Improving the Research Process (ADV/RE)
Podium Session 2: Advanced/Critiqued Research Session (ADV/RE)
Podium Session 4: Late-Breaking Research Session (ADV/RE)
Podium Session 6: Cancer Care Across the Lifespan (INTRO/CP/ED/RE)
Podium Session 10: Identifying and Addressing the Information Needs of Patients With Cancer (INTRO/RE)
Podium Session 13: New Advances in Palliative Care (INTRO/CP/ED/RE)
Podium Session 17: Innovations in Psychosocial Support (ADV/CP/ED/RE)
Special Session: Distinguished Researcher Session (ADV/RE)
Special Session: NIH Grantsmanship: A Follow-Up (INTRO/RE)

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