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ONS Bucks-MontgomeryCounty Chapter #301
Chapter Educational Meeting
4-21-2011
Where Oncology Nurses Connect
Please silence pagers and cell phones
Please take conversations outside as they are disruptive to the attendees and speaker
Welcome & Announcements
www.ons.org
On-line educational opportunities
36th Annual ONS Congress 4-28-11 to 5-1-11
Boston, Mass
Watch for e-mail announcements or sign up to receive
National Office Chatter
Continue to support the ONS Foundation
Congratulations to Chapter members who benefited this yearAisha Reikow- IOL scholarshipMarie Riehl- Congress scholarship
Purchase your tickets to WINcomputer, digital camera, iPod, gift cards and much more. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $20. Online ticket sales will end on April 28, 2011 at
5:00 pm
“Oncology Nurses. . . Exceptional People – Extraordinary
Care”
Check out ONS web site for products to celebrate & all of the amazing
oncology nursing month video contest submissions!
check out
MAY 2011ONCOLOGY NURSING MONTH
August Certification Tests
Want to take the OCN®, CBCN®, or CPHON® test in August 2011?
Apply online 24/7 @ http://www.oncc.org/TakeTest/TestInformation
National Voting Results Congratulations California East Bay Chapter –
Winner of $1000 for highest % of voting for Medium Chapter (48%)
BUT WE WERE #4 Nationally & #1 in STATE
40.0% Bucks-Mont 35.6% Penns Wood 31.6% Greater Pittsburgh 22.6% Philadelphia
Bucks-Montgomery Chapter Updates
Chapter ProgramsChapter Programs
April 21April 21 May 18 “15May 18 “15thth Anniversary” Anniversary” June 16June 16 July 20July 20 Aug TBAAug TBA Sept 15Sept 15 Oct 18Oct 18 Nov 17Nov 17
2011 PROGRAM FEEMembers - $10Non-members- $20
Great opportunity to:•Learn •Network•Have fun•Fish Bowl Raffle- chance to win funding for educational conference•Chance to win “Best of ONS” scholarship
2011 Important “Save the Date”
Chapter’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Wednesday MAY 18th
Bring a friend and your registration fee is Free Speaker Ann Jadwin
• Stepping Up: Ensuring the Future of the Bucks-Mont ONS Chapter through Professional Accountability
• “This activity has been submitted to the Oncology Nursing Society for approval to award contact hours. ONS is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.”
Chance to win ONS membership for you & your friend
Fish Bowl drawing for Best ONS Scholarship More prizes & surprises
Chapter "FISHBOWL"
Attend meetings & your name is entered Next drawing – October’s Meeting Winner receives $$$ (IOL early-bird
registration) to be used for a nursing conference or towards the nurse's education. Need to be present to WIN!!!
This May, an additional two names will be picked from the "FISHBOWL" & those lucky winners will be going to the Best of ONS.
The Best of ONS Saturday, June 4
• Airport Hilton
Registration fee $45.00
8 CEU’s applied for
Registration brochures available tonight & on virtual community
Chapter Collaborative Partnership
The Pennsylvania Society of Oncology and Hematology (PSOH).
Annual Scientific MeetingSeptember 16-17, 2011
Bear Creek Mountain ResortMacungie, PA
RN registration last year was $75 with 12.75 ONS specific CEU contact hours. Visit the PSOH website at http://www.psoh.org
Local Chapter of Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA). Regional Dinner Program October 2011
More information to come
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2012 Chapter Board of Directors Positions Available this Fall
Membership Chair Treasurer Community Outreach Coordinator Director-at-Large 2013 Program Chair Elect
If interested, contact Linda Regul @ [email protected]
Chapter’s Community Outreach Project
Do you have a program to present to benefit patients and caregivers?
Opportunity to share your knowledge with patients & caregivers
Gilda’s Club• 200 Kirk Road, Warminster, PA 18974
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