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, 2010.
X Coordinator's Annual Report (due February 1)
SIG Minutes from Congress (due by August 1)
Sincerely,
Mildred Ann Toth, Rn, MS, AOCN
Coordinator's Signature
CHEMOTHERAPY
Name of SIG
02/23/2010
Date
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ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY
SIG COORDINATOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
SIG LEADERSHIP LIST
CHEMOTHERAPY SIG of the Oncology Nursing Society. Reporting Period: January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. Please list the leadership team (Work Group leaders/regional editors, etc.) and include their office or position. Due FEBRUARY 1, 2010.
Office of: Mildred “Millie” Ann Toth Name
Coordinator
P.O. Box 3025 Address
Pearland, Texas 77588 City, State, Zip
( 281 ) 485-9734 Home Telephone
FAX: ( 713 ) 792-732 /(713) 792-7876 Work Telephone
Email:
Date Elected:
2008 - 2010 Term of Office
Office of: Michael Smart ` Name
Coordinator-Elect
and/or Co-Coordinator 118 Greenclover Lane Address
Madison, AL 35758 City, State, Zip
(256) 722-4858 Home Telephone
FAX: (N/A) /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Elected: 2009
2010-2012 Term of Office
Office of: Seth Eisenberg Name
Ex-Officio
34625 8th Avenue SW Address
Federal Way, WA 98023-8429 City, State, Zip
( ) Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: Myra Davis-Alston, RN, MSN, Ed, OCN,CRNI Name
Editor
5608 Rustic View Court Address
Las Vegas, Nevada 89131 City, State, Zip
(702) 258-9825 Home Telephone
FAX: ( 702) 515-1429 /(702) 636-3000 X 6251 Work Telephone
Email: ;
Date Appointed:
April 2008 Anticipated Duration of Position
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Office of: N/A Name
Co-Editor
Address
City, State, Zip
( ) Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: Seth Eisenberg Name
SIG Virtual Community
Web Administrator 34625 8th Avenue SW Address
Federal Way, WA 98023-8429 City, State, Zip
( ) Home Telephone
FAX: ( ) /( ) Work Telephone
Email:
Date Appointed:
Anticipated Duration of Position
Office of: N/A 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.
CHEMOTHERAPY SIG of the Oncology Nursing Society. Covering the period from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. Due FEBRUARY 1, 2010.
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) / Activity1,2,3,5,6 / Chemotherapy SIG Membership Meeting with presentation titled, “Safe Handling of Chemo/Bio/Targeted Therapies and the Concept of Medical Surveillance.” Program well attended and well received.
1,2,3,5,6 / Work with Virtual Community Website … Active Discussion with input from SIG Leadership, as well as membership; Webmaster keeps VC Website updated with purposeful survey questions and current resources … links, etc.
1,3,4,5,6 / Newsletters are current and provide cutting-edge information and discussion for SIG members.
1,3,5 / Communique to members to inform them of opportunity to participate in survey for the ASCO/ONS Chemotherapy Administration Standards, as they were being developed.
1,2 / Chemotherapy SIG Banner at ONS Congress
II. CURRENT SIG PROJECTS:
If funded indicate source of funding.
a. Completed since last annual report – Three newsletters were completed since the last annual report. This is one less that should have been completed. As the Coordinator I take full responsibility for this deficit. I am hopeful that the new leadership will be more efficient at this responsibility that I was.
b. Ongoing projects (please indicate estimated date of completion) – Currently working with the Surgery SIG on presentation for 2010 ONS Congress session titled, “Management of Chemotherapy in the Perioperative Setting.” This has been accepted as a 90 minute session with three speakers. I am confident this session will be excellent!
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III. MEMBERSHIP: 4,237 Number of members as of December _31, 2009
Submitted Award Nomination:
Award: None were submitted for this year Name:
Award: Name:
Award: Name:
IV. Election in January 2009: Names of Candidates: Michael Smart was the 2009 Candidate and is current Chemotherapy SIG Coordinator-Elect.
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?
If not, what is your plan to ensure future SIG leaders?
This will be addressed during our next Conference Call. We do have members who have expressed interest in participating in SIG Activity. We will have extensive “networking” at the 2010 Congress to “glean” potential candidates and I will include an “appeal” in the next SIG Communique, after our March Conference call.
b. What additional help from the Nominating Committee and/or staff do you require to help in this effort?
We will most likely be able to secure future leaders from within the SIG without need to involve the Nominating Committee. Thanks.
VI. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT CONGRESS, INSTITUTES OF LEARNING, ETC. for 2009:
Number of Congress Submissions: 1
Number Of Institutes of Learning Submissions: 0 – Many Chemo SIG members presented, yet not generated from the Chemotherapy SIG.
Number of Discussion Sessions: None generated from the Chemotherapy SIG at Congress or IOL, however there were several discussion sessions that were represented by members of this SIG. We do have some of the most active discussions on our virtual community website.
Were any joint submissions? Yes with Surgery SIG
Number of SIG-Sponsored sessions, actually presented: 1 at 2009 Congress (SIG Membership Mtg.)
Number of Submissions for other conferences (Please indicate conference name): 0
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VII. SIG LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP: Who attended? Coordinator – Mildred A. Toth (Previous year was attended by Seth Eisenberg and Michael Smart (Newsletter editor and current Coordinator-Elect)
VIII. LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION: (3 time per year)
Please list:
Dates of Calls: 6/30/09
Dates reports sent to Membership & Leadership Specialist:
IX. SIG PROJECT FUNDING MONIES/SEED MONEY/GRANTED THIS YEAR: 0
X. LIST WORK GROUPS AND CHAIRS FORMED/ONGOING SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT AND THEIR PURPOSES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 0
XI. LIST ANY RESEARCH PROJECTS THE SIG IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH - INCLUDE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH PROJECT: 0
XII. STRATEGIC PLAN
Strategic Plan Was Revised: X YES NO
Year Last Revised: 2009
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:
LIST CHALLENGES/WEAKNESSES OF SIG: ONS Leadership has provided a great opportunity for SIG Leadership to prosper and grow. Carol DeMarco and Jenny Shinsky are excellent resources and stable, valuable assets for our SIGs. I believe the weakness in this role has been the current coordiantor. Being able to work full time (which is almost double/triple time) has challenged this coordinator with regard to completing tasks, such as the newsletters, etc. This weakness should not reflect on the wonderufl support offered and provided by ONS, but on the time management of the current coordinator. UGH!
(State how you are addressing these.)
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XV. SIG VIRTUAL COMMUNITY – LIST HOW YOU HAVE USED YOUR SITE
We have an extremely active Virtual Community, of which I am extremely proud. Seth Eisenberg is our “Webmaster” and he keeps surveys, current resources on the website and VC Discussion topics viable. Issues reflected in the discussion have been addressed in the newsletters and have been well received. This website is very valuable to ONS and nurses who adminsiter chemotherapy, etc.
XVI. ADDITIONAL: COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS, AND SOLUTIONS:
I have definitely benefited as coordinator for this special interest group. It has been a pleasure working with Seth Eisenbery and Myra Davis. Michael Smart, our new Coordinator-elect, has some wonderful ideas and is definitely an advocate for this SIG. As past newsletter editor, he knows and understand “the ropes.” Michael will help to continue to develop this SIG. I will continue to provide the annual banner, support, as requested, and hopefully be better able to support articles in the newslettter regarding management of chemotherapy and patient support issues.
Mildred Ann Toth, RN, MS, AOCN __February 23, 2010_____
Signature of Coordinator (electronic signature) Date
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