Excellence in Patient/Public Education Award
Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.
Purpose: To recognize and support excellence in patient/public education. Nominees for this award will be oncology nurses who are involved in offering creative public or patient education.
Nominee's Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must meet the following criteria:
* Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
* Has a minimum of two years experience in oncology nursing
Criteria: The scoring criteria for judging this nomination packet is as follows:
* Candidate teaches patients or community groups in manner consistent with the ONS Standards of Oncology Education: Patient/Family and Public.
* Candidate identifies needs for education in patients, families, or communities and plans innovative programs to meet those identified needs.
* Programs have clearly stated objectives .
* Content of program(s) is relevant to population served.
* Creative strategies and presentation techniques are used in implementing program.
* Program evaluation methods are appropriate.
* Candidate serves as a role model for other nurses.
* Candidate creates a network to sustain health-promoting behaviors.
* Candidate establishes positive teacher-learner relationships.
Application deadline: August 16, 2010, 5pm (ET).
For more information on any of the ONS awards, contact ONS at customer.service@ons.org. Both nominees and nominators will be notified once an application is received.
Oncology Nursing Society
125 Enterprise Drive Pittsburgh, PA15275
866-257-4ONS (866-257-4667)
412-859-6100
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