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ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY

SIG COORDINATOR ANNUAL REPORT CHECKLIST (Submit with Annual Report)

Dear Membership & Leadership Director,

Enclosed is one copy of the completed Annual Reports due FEBRUARY 1, 2009.

Coordinator's Annual Report (due February 1)

SIG Minutes from Congress (due by August 1)

Sincerely,

Barbara Biedrzycki, CRNP, AOCNP Coordinator's Signature (electronic signature)

Nurse Practitioner Name of SIG

01/29/09 Date

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SIG COORDINATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT

SIG LEADERSHIP LIST

Nurse Practitioner SIG of the Oncology Nursing Society. Reporting Period: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Please list the leadership team (Work Group leaders/regional editors, etc.) and include their office or position. Due FEBRUARY 1, 2009.

Office of: Barbara Biedrzycki, CRNP, AOCNP Name Coordinator 709 West Baker Avenue Address

Abingdon, MD 21009-1457 City, State, Zip ( 410 ) 538-7946 Home Telephone FAX: ( 410 ) 614-8216 /( 410 ) 614-6894 Work Telephone Email: [email protected] Date Elected: February 2006 Coordinator 2007-2009 Term of Office

Office of: Christa Braun-Inglis, MS. APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP Name Coordinator-Elect and/or Co-Coordinator 4132 - 4 Keanu St. Address

Honolulu, HI 96816 City, State, Zip ( 808 ) 734-7414 Home Telephone FAX: ( 808 ) 748-7840 /( 808 ) 524-6115 Work Telephone Email: [email protected]

Date Elected: February 2008- will be coordinator 2009-2011 Term of Office

Office of: Wendy H. Vogel, MSN. FNP, AOCNP Name Ex-Officio 405 Pettyjohn Road Address Kingsport, YN 37664 City, State, Zip ( 423 ) 765-0459 Home Telephone FAX: ( 423 ) 765-0143 /( 423 ) 224-3193 Work Telephone Email: [email protected] Date Appointed: ex-officio 2007-2009 Anticipated Duration of Position Office of: Annette Kuckhouse, RN, MS, CNP, AOCN Name Editor 6316 Westwood Court Address Edina, MN 55436-1150 City, State, Zip ( 952 ) 933-1441 Home Telephone FAX: ( 651 ) 735-1827 /( 651 ) 735-7414 Work Telephone Email: [email protected] Date Appointed: 5/2007- 3/09 Anticipated Duration of Position PAGE 2 of 7 (over) ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY

Office of: Megan Wholey, RNC, ANP-BC, AOCNP Name Co-Editor 5816 4th Street Address

Arlington, VA 22204 City, State, Zip ( 703 ) 845-8235 Home Telephone FAX: ( 703 ) 527-2162 /( 703 ) 894-3824 Work Telephone Email: [email protected] Date Appointed: 2007 Anticipated Duration of Position

Office of: Jennifer Wulff, RN, MN, ARNP, AOCN Name SIG Virtual Community Web Administrator 550 17th Ave, Suite 5000 Address

Seattle, WA 98122 City, State, Zip ( 425 ) 697-5263 Home Telephone FAX: ( ) /( 206 ) 320-8297 Work Telephone Email: [email protected] Date Appointed: 05/2007-12/2009 Anticipated Duration of Position

Office of: Barbara Biedrzycki, CRNP, AOCNP Name Archivist/Historian 709 West Baker Avenue Address

Abingdon, MD 21009-1457 City, State, Zip ( 410 ) 538-7946 Home Telephone FAX: ( 410 ) 614-8216 /( 410 ) 614-6894 Work Telephone Email: [email protected] Date Appointed: 2004 Anticipated Duration of Position

Office of: Wendy H. Vogel, MSN, FNP, AOCNP Name Legislative & Regulatory Coordinator 405 Pettyjohn Road Address

Kingston, TN 37664 City, State, Zip ( 423 ) 765-0459 Home Telephone FAX: ( 423 ) 765-0143 /( 423 ) 224-3193 Work Telephone Email: [email protected] Date Appointed: 2004 Anticipated Duration of Position Barbara Biedrzycki SIG Coordinator's Signature (electronic signature) 02/04/09 Date

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SIG PURPOSES: 1. To support the mission statement of ONS. 2. To provide and promote a dynamic network for subspecialized nurses within ONS. 3. To serve as a forum for communication within the interest area. 4. To identify and explore patient care issues within the interest area. 5. To address current trends and issues within the interest area. 6. To share educational resources and clinical expertise with other Special Interest Groups, various ONS Advisory Panels/Project Teams and the membership-at-large.

The Nurse Practitioner SIG of the Oncology Nursing Society. Covering the period from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. Due FEBRUARY 1, 2009.

I. OVERVIEW OF THE PAST YEAR'S ACTIVITIES (as they relate to the purposes of SIGs): Please indicate number of purpose to which activity relates.

Purpose Number Activity (see above) 1,2,3,4,5,6 Multiple Congress topic submissions and a well-received presentation on mentoring, coaching and precepting 1,2,3,4,5 Held a rejuvination and reunion meeting for past, current, and future NP SIG Leaders at Congress to explore current issues and identify SIG projects 1, 5 NP SIG Poster presented at Congress 1,2,3,4,5,6 Held SIG meeting at Congress and APN conference; produced newsletters; maintained Virtual Community 1,2,3 Mentoring of SIG leadership and members 1 Charitable collection at SIG meeting at Congress for ONS Foundation 1,3 Promote oncology certification through newsletter and meetings II. CURRENT SIG PROJECTS: If funded indicate source of funding.no funding received a. Completed since last annual report Rejuvination and reunion meeting of past, current, and future NP SIG leaders. Led discussion forum for oncology nurse practitioners at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner conference, with an emphasis on the value of ONS membership and certification as an AOCNP®. Have increased number of core volunteers. b. Ongoing projects (please indicate estimated date of completion)

1. Mentoring (ongoing) 2. Job description registry (2010) 3. Discriminatory language project (2010) 4. Collaboration with AANP (ongoing) 5. Rejuvination and reunion (ongoing) 6. SIG oncology certification challenge (ongoing) 7. Ask Katherine (2010) 8. Updating Virtual Community (ongoing) 9. Submitting topics for ONS conferences (ongoing) 10. Collaborating with other SIGs (ongoing) PAGE 4 of 7 ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY SIG COORDINATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT

III. MEMBERSHIP: 1,377 Number of members as of December _31___, 2008

Submitted Award Nomination: Award: Best SIG Newsletter Name: Wendy Vogel

Award: SIG Excellence Award Name: NP SIG

Award: Name:

IV. Election in January 2008: Names of Candidates: not applicable

V. Leadership Succession Planning This is critical to the future success of the SIG.

a. Have you identified future leaders within your SIG? Yes No If so, who? Megan Wholey, Jennifer Wulff, Kathy Krantz, and Janet VanCleve

If not, what is your plan to ensure future SIG leaders?

b. What additional help from the Nominating Committee and/or staff do you require to help in this effort?

We request that a member of the ONS BOD Nominating Committee speak at the NP SIG Congress meeting in order to increase awareness of leadership opportunities within ONS and to encourage participatation through their examples. We could use help in recruiting members to participate in SIG projects.

VI. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CONGRESS, INSTITUTES OF LEARNING, ETC. for 2008: Number of Congress Submissions:4 Number Of Institutes of Learning Submissions:? Number of Discussion Sessions:1 Were any joint submissions?no Number of SIG-Sponsored sessions, actually presented:1 Number of Submissions for other conferences (Please indicate conference name):0

of 7 VII. SIG LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP: Who attended? Coordinator Barbara Biedrzycki

VIII. LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION: (3 time per year) Please list: Dates of Calls:conducted communication via email correspondence

Dates reports sent to Membership & Leadership Administrative Assistant:

Congress minutes

IX. SIG PROJECT FUNDING MONIES/SEED MONEY/GRANTED THIS YEAR: none

X. LIST WORK GROUPS AND CHAIRS FORMED/ONGOING SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT AND THEIR PURPOSES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1. Mentoring, Coordinators Christa Braun-Inglis a nd Barbara Biedrzycki. Purpose: Promoting collaboration and mentoring among NP SIG members for topic and abstract submissions. 2. Job description registry, Coordinator Diane Cope. Purpose: provide registry to share job descriptions. 3. Discriminatory language project, Corrdinator Barbara Biedrzycki. Purpose to encourage NP SIG members to take action against physician-biased health care language. 4. Collaboration with AANP, Coordinator Barbara Biedrzycki. Purpose: to collaborate with national NP organization and to facilitate a two-way flow of information. 5. Rejuvination and reunion, Coordiantor Barbara Biedrzycki. Purpose: to generate new projects and cultivate strong mentoring relationships among NP SIG leaders. 6. Oncology certification challenge, Coordinator Barbara Biedrzycki, Purpose: to increase awareness of the value of certification and promote certification in a fun yet competitve manner.

XI. LIST ANY RESEARCH PROJECTS THE SIG IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH - INCLUDE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH PROJECT: none

XII. STRATEGIC PLAN Strategic Plan Was Revised: YES NO Year Last Revised:

XIII. PUBLISHED PLANNING MEETING MINUTES (year from last Congress): YES NO PUBLISHED PLANNING MEETING AGENDA (year prior to last Congress): YES NO

XIV. LIST STRENGTHS OF SIG: Strong, dedicated and easy-going core leadership group who work well together. The core leadership group have diverse backgrounds as nurse practitioners and are geographically distinct. This adds to the diversity and strength within the NP SIG. Large SIG with many members with the potential to accomplish projects and activities to promote quality NP oncology care and standards.

LIST CHALLENGES/WEAKNESSES OF SIG: (State how you are addressing these.) Membership has limited involvement with projects and management of the SIG. Addressing this : by frequent correspondences asking for volunteers; including in ONS survey if members would volunteer more if personally asked; following up with members who say they will volunteer and then change their minds. SIG does not have financial support for coordinator to attend all three ONS conferences in which NP SIG meetings are held. Addressing this by increasing the awareness of the BOD of the financial burden this places on volunteers, and how this may effect future recruitment for NP SIG coordinators.PAGE 6 of 7 XV.SIG VIRTUAL COMMUNITY – LIST HOW YOU HAVE USED YOUR SITE The NP SIG Virtual Community is mainly used to dissemiante information for members. We have tried to increase our members' use of the virtual community by providing updates at the meetings and in the newsletter. Our Virtual Community Coordinator is planning to update content more frequently and to work with Jenny Shinshy to strengthen the site.

XVI. ADDITIONAL: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS, AND SOLUTIONS: The NP SIG would like to communicate more with the ONS leadership, and through this communication faciliate stronger relationships of mutual support. The NP SIG would like to conduct a research survey to explore the use and effects of discriminatory language in health care.

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