Excellence in Surgical Oncology Award

Excellence in Surgical Oncology Award

Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.

Purpose: To recognize and support excellence of nursing contributions to surgical oncology.

Nominee's Eligibility Criteria:
The candidate must meet the following criteria:

* Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
* Have at least two years of oncology nursing experience
* Be a recognized expert in the field of surgical oncology (e.g., through publications, presentations, research, and peer review)
* Made a significant contribution to one or more of the following related to surgical oncology: professional/patient education, clinical practice, and/or nursing research
* Serve as a role model for other nurses.

Criteria: The scoring criteria for judging this nomination packet is as follows:

* ONS involvement: Participation should include involvement at the local or national level.
o Includes membership on committees, holding office, or task force participation.
* Recognized expert in the field of surgical oncology nursing, contributing to the development of surgical oncology nursing practice.
o Includes articles in newsletters, journals, reports, video, multimedia, computer assisted instruction, chapters in books (do not include research here, include research in last criteria point)
* Significant contribution to the following areas:
o Patient/professional education related to surgical oncology nursing
o Presentations
o Examples in letters of role modeling
o Specific educational interventions
o Program development
o Adjunct faculty to preceptor for students
* Clinical practice related to surgical oncology:
o Theoretical concepts used
o Nursing process used
o Professional development of self and others
o Multidisciplinary collaboration
o Quality assurance
o Ethical decision-making used
o Reviews/applies nursing research
* Surgical oncology research
o Independent or collaborative research

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.

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