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The winner of the 2009 GPC-ONS Scholarship for the ONS Institutes of Learning:

Jaclyn will be attending the ONS Institutes of Learning in Tampa, FL in early November and will use the $750 scholarship to help with costs associated with attending this conferences.

Congratulations, Jaclyn!  Have a great conference!

MBAM..... It's not a new baseball or basketball term....  It's a new offering for GPC-ONS members!

Bring 3 guests to a chapter dinner who become chapter members...  and receive a free GPC-ONS membership renewal for yourself the next year!

It's a good dea!   Bring your friends and colleagues to our next chapter dinner meeting:   November 18th.  See above! 

DO IT TODAY  ! ! ! 

Honor Someone Special Recognition Program Launched at ONS Congress

ONS proudly introduced the Honor Someone Special program at the 34th Annual ONS Congress in San Antonio, Texas. This exciting new campaign honors registered nurses who have demonstrated excellence in oncology nursing and a commitment to quality cancer care. Honor Someone Special is a unique program designed to celebrate individual accomplishments of oncology nurses who make a difference in the lives of people with cancer and their families.

Honor Someone Special will build community awareness as well as help develop a stronger professional recognition program. The Honor Someone Special program is not an awards program, but instead, it’s a campaign to recognize “moments in time” that will allow patients, families, colleagues, and peers to nominate a well-deserving oncology registered nurse for this special honor.

Honor Someone Special is a simple yet meaningful way to say “thank you” to a cancer nurse who promotes excellence in oncology nursing. Nominations are accepted year-round with no limitations on the number of nominations. The only requirement is that nominees must be registered nurses. To learn more about the Honor Someone Special program visit www.ons.org/honorsomeonespecial. We thank all ONS chapters for promoting the new Honor Someone Special program to their local members!

GPC-ONS Chapter Oncology Nurse Immersion Program 

The GPC-ONS Chapter has received grant money from the ONS Foundation for a program to help mentor nursing students who are interested in oncology nursing.  It is a 14 month program (October 2009 - December 2010) and includes partnering the students with an oncology nursing mentor, attending a few of the GPC-ONS Chapter’s educational dinners, and attending the fall ONS conference the Institutes of Learning with their mentor.  All expenses are paid for by the grant and this opportunity for nursing students is to introduce them to oncology nursing.

This experience is for junior nursing students who will be senior this fall in a 4- year program or a first year nursing student moving into the second year of a 2-year program.

GPC-ONS selected three student mentees and three oncology nurse mentors as part of this program. 

Devon George,  CCAC South Campus

Allison Neal, Duquesne University

Aleysha Williams, CCAC and California University

 

The mentors for these students will be:

          Mary Kern

          Judy Collings

          Paula Eubanks

We welcome our nursing students and hope you find oncology nursing as rewarding and wonderful as we do!!!

CAMP RAISING SPIRITS

Held Friday, June 5th through Sunday, June 7th at Laurelville Camp

Camp Raising Spirits celebrated its 16th year in early June.  Camp demonstrates the commitment and dedication of health care providers who know what a difference can be made in the lives of people with cancer by giving them a place to laugh, lounge, and live life a little differently. Look here for news about the 2009 Camp coming soon.  

If you are interested and would like to participate  --- it's not too soon to start thinking about how you can help next year!   More details to come!

STEPHANIE MCMAHON MEMORIAL COOKBOOK

 The Oncology Nursing Society –Greater Pittsburgh Chapter (ONS-GPC) is proud to announce that the Stephanie McMahon Memorial Cookbook is AVAILABLE!  Get your copy TODAY!.  We collected 166 well loved recipes from Stephanie’s family, friends and colleagues.  The recipes include appetizers, main dishes, desserts plus many others and were compiled into an attractive keepsake cookbook with a user friendly bookstand.  All cookbook proceeds will go towards future ONS-GPC Scholarship Awards for ONS Congress, APN and IOL meetings. 

We've sold almost 300 copies -- including copies purchased by other chapter presidents at the ONS Mentorship Weekend!

The cost of each cookbook is $15.00 (checks payable to “ONS-GPC”).  If you are interested in a personal copy or several copies to sell in your work areas, please fill out the coupon below and return via fax to:  Joan M. Latsko @ (412)578-4416.