Session Details: Schedule at a Glance by Day

Monday, April 23 • Tuesday, April 24 • Wednesday, April 25 • Thursday, April 26 • Friday, April 27

9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Pre-Congress Session 1: A Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Primer

Pre-Congress Session 2: Pharmacology Update

9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Pre-Congress Session 3: Evidence-Based Approach to Care and Management of Vascular Access Devices

Pre-Congress Session 4: Keeping Safe: Occupational Risks in Oncology Health Settings

Pre-Congress Session 8: Living Beyond Cancer: What Oncology Nurses Need to Know

2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Pre-Congress Session 3: Evidence-Based Approach to Care and Management of Vascular Access Devices

Pre-Congress Session 5: Staffing: Current Perspective

Pre-Congress Session 6: Interpreting Peripheral Blood Smears: Applications to Advanced Practice

Pre-Congress Session 7: Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy and Ovarian Cancer

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Opening Ceremonies/Keynote Address

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Poster Session 1: Posters # 1-109, 204

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Instructional Session 1: The Reality of Cognitive Dysfunction in Cancer

Instructional Session 2: Current Issues in Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation

Instructional Session 3: Changing Focus: From Aggressive Acute Care to Aggressive Palliative Care

Instructional Session 4: Care of the Head and Neck Patient Receiving Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy

Instructional Session 5: Reimbursement: What Oncology Nurses Need to Know

Discussion Session 1: My View: Nurse Survivors Share Their Stories

Discussion Session 2: ONS PEP Talk

Podium Session

3:30 – 5:00 pm

Special Session: High Cost of Oncology Prescription Drugs

Instructional Session 6: The Evolving Science of Treating Lung Cancer

Instructional Session 7: An Action Plan for Preventing Medication Errors

Instructional Session 8: Advances in the Prevention of Cervical Cancer

Instructional Session 9: DIC: A Case Study in APML

Discussion Session 3: Strategies to Improve Recruitment and Retention in Home Care

Discussion Session 4: Disenfranchised Grief: Nurses Dealing with Loss

Podium Session

5:15 - 6:30 pm

Special Interest Group Meetings

6:30 – 8:15 am

Recognition Breakfast for Oncology Certified Nurses

8:30 - 10:00 am

Special Session: From Bench to Bedside: The Future is Bright, Yet So Small: Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Solutions at the Smallest Level

10:30 – Noon

International Symposium: Developing Cancer Care Systems

Instructional Session 4: Care of the Head and Neck Patient Receiving Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy

Instructional Session 10: Multi-Site Research—Challenges and Opportunities

Instructional Session 11: Current Trends in Neutropenic Fevers and Sepsis

Instructional Session 12: Clinical Hot Topics

Discussion Session 5: Triage of Symptoms in the Ambulatory Care Setting

Discussion Session 6: Making a Difference in End of Life & Palliative Care

Podium Session

12:30 – 2:00 pm

ONS Clinical Lectureship

2:30 – 4:00 pm

ONS Distinguished Researcher Session

Instructional Session 13: Care of the Immunocompromised Patient with Hematologic Disorders

Instructional Session 14: Developing a Clinical Program for Survivorship

Instructional Session 15: Genetic Testing in the Clinical Setting

Instructional Session 16: Advanced Technology in Diagnosing and Treating Gastrointestinal Malignancies

Discussion Session 7: Storytelling: Bedside to Boardroom

Discussion Session 8: Managing Pain in Cognitively Impaired Patients

Podium Session

4:15 - 5:30 pm

Special Interest Group Meetings

8:30 – 10:00 am

Mara Mogensen Flaherty Memorial Lecture

10:30 – Noon

Instructional Session 7: An Action Plan for Preventing Medication Errors

Instructional Session 13: Care of the Immunocompromised Patient with Hematologic Disorders

Instructional Session 17: Cancer Prevention Strategies to Improve Survivor Odds

Instructional Session 18: Targeted Therapies for Primary Brain Tumors

Discussion Session 9: Clinical Dilemmas in Providing Care to Individuals at High Genetic Risk of Cancer

Discussion Session 10: Red Light, Green Light, Yellow Light Stop: Health Literacy is the Traffic Cop

Podium Session

12:30 – 2:00 pm

ONS Annual Business Meeting/Town Hall

2:30 – 4:00 pm

Special Session: Scope of Nursing Practice Under Attack: Beware AMA Efforts in Your State

Instructional Session 12: Clinical Hot Topics

Instructional Session 19: Searching and Citing the Literature

Instructional Session 20: Melanoma: It’s More than Skin Deep

Instructional Session 21: Radiation and Targeted Therapies: The Dynamic Duo

Discussion Session 4: Disenfranchised Grief: Nurses Dealing with Loss

Discussion Session 11: Professional Growth Through Leadership

Podium Session

4:30 - 5:30 pm

ONS Foundation Session: Planning for Your Financial Future

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Poster Session 2: Posters # 110-203, 205

8:00 – 9:30 am

Instructional Session 3: Changing Focus: From Aggressive Acute Care to Aggressive Palliative Care

Instructional Session 22: Adherence Issues in the Aging Client

Instructional Session 23: A Testicular Cancer Primer

Discussion Session 5: Triage of Symptoms in the Ambulatory Care Setting

Discussion Session 12: Skin Care – Show Me the Evidence

Podium Session

9:45 – 11:15 am

Instructional Session 12: Clinical Hot Topics

Instructional Session 20: Melanoma: It’s More than Skin Deep

Instructional Session 24: Improving Safety Through Technology

Instructional Session 25: Developing and Implementing a Successful Nurse Navigator Program in Your Community

Instructional Session 26: Targeted Therapy Side Effect Management Opportunities for Research

Discussion Session 8: Managing Pain in Cognitively Impaired Patients

Podium Session