ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY

SIG COORDINATOR ANNUAL REPORT CHECKLIST

(Submit with Annual Report)

Enclosed is one copy of the completed Annual Reports due FEBRUARY 1, 2012.

Please check:

x Coordinator's Annual Report (due February 1)

SIG Minutes from Congress (previously submitted to C. DeMarco)

Sincerely,

Denise Friesema, MS, RN, OCN

Coordinator's Signature

Clinical Trial Nurses

Name of SIG

Kim Schmit-Pokorny, RN, MSN, OCN

SIG Council Representative

01/30/12

Date

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(Rev. 11/11)

ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY

SIG COORDINATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT

Clinical Trial Nurses SIG of the Oncology Nursing Society. Reporting Period: JAN 1, 2011 to DEC 31, 2011. Please list the leadership team (Work Group leaders/regional editors, etc.) and include their office or position. Due FEBRUARY 1, 2012.

SIG LEADERSHIP
Position / Name / Street Address (optional) / City, State, ZIP (optional) / Email Address / Phone Numbers
Coordinator / Denise Friesema / 12625 W. 108th Place / Saint John, IN 46373 / / 219-558-8108
773-702-4848
Coordinator-Elect / Rose Ermete / 14555 Levan, Ste 118
/ Livonia, MI 48154 / / 734-655-2792
Ex-Officio / Pamela Kennedy / 2215 N. Armistead / Hampton, VA
23666 / / 757-825-6046
Editor / Carol Dalby, BSN, RN, CCRP / 450 Brookline Ave / Boston, MA 02215 / / (617) 582-7144
Virtual Community Administrator / Rose Ermete / 14555 Levan, Ste 118
/ Livonia, MI 48154 / / 734-655-2792
Archivist/Historian
Education Coordinator / Liz Ness / NCI 900 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 10 Rm 3-2571 / Baltimore, MD 20892 / / 301-451-2179

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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.

Clinical Trial Nurses SIG of the Oncology Nursing Society. Covering the period from JAN 1, 2011 through DEC 31, 2011. Due FEBRUARY 1, 2012.

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) / Activity
1 / Continue to support
2 / Ongoing; provided networking opportunity at Congress SIG meeting
3 / Ongoing; Congress SIG meeting had valued discussions
4 / Sent tailored survey to members
5 / VC discussion board active; Social Networking site (facebook) active
6 / Newsletter, webcourse, VC all support education

II. CURRENT SIG PROJECTS:

If funded indicate source of funding.

a. Completed since last annual report

No new projects have been completed.

b. Ongoing projects (please indicate estimated date of completion)

Survey and Needs Assessment specific to CTN completed. Results are currently being reviewed to determine future projects.

Discussed need for a project related to CTN role/value and need to identify volunteers from the leadership team and membership to work on formulating this at the networking meeting at Congress.

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ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY

SIG COORDINATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT

III. AWARDS:

SIG Leadership Submitted Award Nomination:
Award / Name
None submitted

IV. 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?

If not, what is your plan to ensure future SIG leaders? Our anticipation was that the newsletter editor, Carol Dalby, would be groomed for this role. However, she is stepping down from that role due to a change in her career. We will be working to develop a succession plan through a leadership call (to be scheduled) and the Congress SIG meeting.

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

It would be helpful if a member of the nominating committee could come to the SIG meeting and perhaps speak for a few minutes.

V. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CONGRESS, INSTITUTES OF LEARNING, ETC. for 2011:

Number of Congress Submissions / 2
Number of Institutes of Learning Submissions / 1
Number of Discussion Sessions / 2
Were any joint submissions? / No
Number of SIG-Sponsored sessions, actually presented: / 2
Number of submissions for other conferences
(Please indicate conference name) / 0
SIG Poster / Yes

VI. LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION: (3 time per year)

Please list dates of communication:
03/02/11 (call)
5/17/11 (email)
07/19/11 (call)

VII. SIG PROJECT FUNDING MONIES/SEED MONEY/GRANTED THIS YEAR:

None

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VIII. LIST WORK GROUPS AND CHAIRS FORMED/ONGOING SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT AND THEIR PURPOSES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

No new workgroups have been formed.

IX. LIST ANY RESEARCH PROJECTS THE SIG IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH - INCLUDE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH PROJECT:

No new projects are on-going.

X. PUBLISHED PLANNING MEETING MINUTES (year from last Congress): YES NO

PUBLISHED PLANNING MEETING AGENDA (year prior to last Congress): YES NO

XI. LIST STRENGTHS OF SIG:

We have a very large membership (1473 members; a growth of 36% from the prior year) and engaged board members. Rose continues to keep our web presence and trying to engage members from that perspective. Liz is very active in engaging the leadership board about the educational needs of the CTN SIG.

XII. LIST OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT WITHIN SIG:

(State how you are addressing these.)

Our membership is passive. Efforts to reach out via e-mail, the newsletter and the CTN SIG networking session at Congress have not resulted in more active engagement. We completed a tailored survey and had an 8% response rate. Each member of the leadership team is challenged by having full-time work responsibilities and our available times don’t often sync up making it difficult to plan projects, etc.

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XIII. SIG VIRTUAL COMMUNITY – LIST HOW YOU HAVE USED YOUR SITE

Updated educational slide decks for training purposes.

Continues to be a good resource for networking.

Site generates traffic which results in e-mail communication the SIG coordinator and education coordinator looking for resources.

XIV. COLLABORATIONS (ONS, SIGS, ETC.):

None at this time.

XV. ADDITIONAL: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS, AND SOLUTIONS:

Membership

Number of SIG Members as of
DEC 31, 2011 / 1,200
Election in January 2011 / YES / Candidates: / Rose Ermete
SIG Leadership Workshop 2011 Attendance / YES / Attendee: / Denise Friesema
SIG Strategic Goals / YES / Last Revision date: / 4/11

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