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,
Carole H. Martz RN, MS, AOCN
Coordinator's Signature (electronic signature)
Breast Care
Name of SIG
1-19-09
Date
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ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY
SIG COORDINATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
SIG LEADERSHIP LIST
Breast Care 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: Carole H. Martz Name
Coordinator
314 S. Wille St Address
Mt Prospect IL 60056 City, State, Zip
(847 ) 818-1489 Home Telephone
FAX: (847 ) 926-6576 /(847 ) 926-5818 Work Telephone
Email:
Date Elected:
2007-2009 Term of Office
Office of: Mary Scheid RN, MSN, OCN Name
Coordinator-Elect
and/or Co-Coordinator Banner Health SVMC/Breast Center Address
2001 70th Ave, Greeley, CO 80634 City, State, Zip
(970 ) 686-0633 Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /(970 ) 395-2582 Work Telephone
Email:
Date Elected:
2008-2009 Term of Office
Office of: Lynn Lutwin RN OCN Name
Co-Editor
142 B Possum Plaza Address
Monroe Twp NJ 08831-5075 City, State, Zip
(609 ) 409-6743 Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /(908 ) 704-3784 Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
ongoing Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: Alisa Penrod RN MSN Name
Co-Editor
301 Pinkerton Rd Address
Wexford, PA 15090 City, State, Zip
(724 ) 316-0338 Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
ongoing Anticipated Duration of Position
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SIG COORDINATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
Office of: Erin Bentley Wyatt RN BSN OCN Name
Co-Editor
Bloomington Hospital Address
619 W 1st St. Bloomington IN 47403 City, State, Zip
(812 ) 345-0539 Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
ongoing Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: Delores Saddler RN MSN BSN CGRN Name
Co-Editor
14203 Candleshade Lane Address
Houston TX 77045-5210 City, State, Zip
(713 ) 413-3293 Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /(713 ) 718-7301 Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
ongoing Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: Sue Bowman RN Name
SIG Virtual Community
Web Administrator 2140 Knob Hill Rd Address
York, PA City, State, Zip
(717 ) 848-5012 Home Telephone
FAX: (717 )741-8455 /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
ongoing Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: Rita Battaglini RN BSN OCN Name
SIG Virtual Community
Web Administrator 207 W Germantown Ave Address
Maple Shade NJ 08052 City, State, Zip
(856 ) 486-4385 Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /(215 ) 955-5120 Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
ongoing Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: Name
Archivist/Historian
Address
City, State, Zip
( ) Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: Name
Address
City, State, Zip
( ) Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
Anticipated Duration of Position
SIG Coordinator's Signature (electronic signature)
Date
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ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY
SIG COORDINATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
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.
Breast Care 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 (see above) / Activity1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 / Held successful Networking Meeting at Congress 2008, presented awards to members (Carole Martz and Carolyn Weaver)
1,2, 4, 5 / Updated strategic plan based on member's input at Networking meeting and SIG survey, identified topics of interest for upcoming conferences
2,3,6 / Reviewed VC use at Networking meeting and have directed members to this site for SIG raffle, new editor bios, discussion and CBCN questions
1,2,3,4,5,6 / Provided updates on work groups
2,3,4,5 / Submitted topics to IOL 2007 and Congress 2008
2,3,4,5,6 / Collaborated with Survivorship, Prev/Early Detection SIG for Congress topic presentation
2, 3, 4,5 / Nominated Elaine Sein for ONCC Award, submitted article for Newsletter Award, developed a professional education work group and posted questions for CBCN on VC
II. CURRENT SIG PROJECTS:
If funded indicate source of funding.None
a. Completed since last annual report
None
b. Ongoing projects (please indicate estimated date of completion)
None
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III. MEMBERSHIP: 848 Number of members as of December _31___, 2008
Submitted Award Nomination:
Award: Elaine Sein RN Name: 2009 ONCC Pearl Moore Certification Champion
Award: ONS SIG Newsletter Award Name: Sue Bowman, RN
Award: Name:
IV. Election in January 2008: Names of Candidates:
NONE
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? Alisa Penrod, Lori Ranollo, Erin Wyatt, Peggy Thomas and Rita Battaglini are very dynamic members of our leadership team and have verbalized interest in considering coordinator-elect position in the future.
If not, what is your plan to ensure future SIG leaders?
If one of these individuals does not agree to run for office in 2010 and if a call out to membership does not result in any takers, I will also email all work-group members and individuals who had submitted newsletter articles to determine their level of interest.
b. What additional help from the Nominating Committee and/or staff do you require to help in this effort?
If the above measures fail (they have not in the past) we may seek candidates from the Leadership Mentoring Program.
VI. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CONGRESS, INSTITUTES OF LEARNING, ETC. for 2008:
Number of Congress Submissions:2
Number of Institutes of Learning Submissions:2
Number of Discussion Sessions:1
Were any joint submissions?yes
Number of SIG-Sponsored sessions, actually presented:3
Number of Submissions for other conferences (Please indicate conference name):none known
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VII. SIG LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP: Who attended? Carole Martz
VIII. LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION: (3 time per year)
Please list:
Dates of Calls:1-14-08 4-30-08 11-19-08
Dates reports sent to Membership & Leadership Administrative Assistant:
1-16-08 5-2-08 11-23-08
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: Professional education work group became operational since Congress 2008. Chair is Peggy Thomas. This work group is posting breast care case studies based on the CBCN test blueprint to help members prepare for the examination. They will also be looking for other avenues to promote nursing breast care education.
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:
Our leadership team is strong and very involved. They are willing to assist other leaders if unable to function in their role temporarily. They also have great success in engaging other SIG members to become involved in authoring newsletter articles and presenting at Congress and IOL. Our membership is made up of nurses from a variety of care settings making our outreach broader.
LIST CHALLENGES/WEAKNESSES OF SIG:
(State how you are addressing these.)
Our challenges include maintaining leadership core, finding replacements when individuals must step down from leadership roles, and to finding new leaders as new work groups are formed.
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XV. SIG VIRTUAL COMMUNITY – LIST HOW YOU HAVE USED YOUR SITE
Our Virtual Community is "manned" by two very capable individuals-Rita Battaglini and Sue Bowman. They keep an eye on the content and are quick to update it when needed. We continue to use it as a communication tool for new information of interest to our membership and have recently posted case studies to promote studying for the CBCN examination. We are also in the process of updating our patient education resources.
XVI. ADDITIONAL: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS, AND SOLUTIONS:
I am stepping down as coordinator of the Breast Care SIG this Congress. I thank the ONS staff for all of their support and guidance over the past 5 years. As SIG functions continue, I think that it is important to consider some type of stipend for coordinators to attend Congress, since this is the only time they are able to meet face-to-face with their membership, and it is an expectation that they do this. As hospitals/healthcare facilities cut back expenses, travel to conferences for nursing staff is often the first expense eliminated. It will become a hardship for coordinators to come and as such, more difficult to recruit leaders to run for the position.
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Signature of Coordinator (electronic signature) Date
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