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With the help of the NC Advisory Committee for Cancer Control and Coordination Prevention and the NC Radon Program we were able to provide home radon test kits to

We hope to provide the same information at the Men s Health Initiative held in September keep an eye out for more information soon.

1 June 2017 TONS Newsletter + Connect with us! TONS Serves the Community For the second year in a row TONS members volunteered at the Women s Health Awareness Day educating women about radon testing and lung cancer. With the help of the NC Advisory Committee for Cancer Control and Coordination Prevention and the NC Radon Program we were able to provide home radon test kits to nearly 200 women. The program was a huge success and beneficial both for the nurses and the women attending. We hope to provide the same information at the Men s Health Initiative held in September keep an eye out for more information soon. Thank you to our volunteers: Table of Contents Page One Page Two Community Service Needs Assessment Page Three & Four Congress 2017 Page Five Congress 2017 Legislature Update Page Six Recognition Upcoming Events and Meetings Alketa Stephens Candace Martindale Leslie Creech Faye McNaull Bonnie Toaso Victoria Youngblood Melissa L Della Vecchia Jessica Rudolph Beth Van Dyke Hutch Allen

2 Needs Assessment Thank you everyone who has replied to our needs assessment survey. We are reading all of your responses and we are analyzing the information. If you haven't taken the survey yet please do so here: We truly want to hear from all of you and we value your opinions. After a brief review of the answers we have received thus far we wanted to share the following information: Programs TONS is committed to providing 6 CE opportunities a year. To offset the cost of these events to the chapter we allow local regional industry representatives to exhibit before our CE programs. In addition to CE programs, 6 of the chapter meetings are sponsored by industry. Unfortunately, PhRMA guidelines prohibit CEs to be earned during a company presentation. Our June and August programs will be CE programs. Our June program will be poster presentations by TONS members and our August program is titled "Nurses on Boards" and will focus on professional development. Many members mentioned wanting more networking, legislature, and community service events - we LOVE this input and will definitely keep this in mind in the future when planning TONS events. Most of our members live in Wake County and per the needs assessment many members work in Durham and Chapel Hill. Because of this many of our programs take place in those areas. We understand that we have members outside of these areas and we are actively working on ways to include these nurses in as many TONS activities as possible. Being on the Board Many members mentioned being apprehensive about running for a board position for TONS. Because of this we wanted to briefly discuss what it means to be a board member: Serving on the TONS board offers a unique opportunity to be on the forefront of decisionmaking for the chapter. As a board member, you would be expected to attend quarterly board meetings and encouraged to attend as many chapter business meetings as able. You would help determine the direction TONS takes in regard to educational programs, community service, and mentorship. Benefits of board membership include the opportunity to attend ONS leadership conferences, scholarships for local and national conferences, professional development, and networking. If this sounds appealing to you contact our nominating chair Katie at katie.wintermeier@unchealth.unc.edu She can provide you with information on specific openings for this fall s election and descriptions of each position. TONS s We are so sorry if you not receiving TONS s. All TONS s are sent through the virtual community (VC). Due to privacy settings we are not able to see individual s addresses or subscription preferences. Please make sure on the VC you are subscribed to receive chapter s, check that your address is correct, and also check your junk mail folder. If you are still having issues, there is an ONS help line that you can call for assistance. The number is (option 2) and is available Monday through Friday 8:30-5:00. 2

3 + Congress 2017 TONS was extremely well represented at the 42 nd Annual ONS Congress in Denver Colorado. Many of our members were invited to give podium and poster presentations and all of our member s presentations were well received and highly regarded. Everyone did a fabulous job with their work, representing TONS, and representing their work facility. Please see below for a list of presentations: Oral Presentations Tracy Gosselin Deb Mayer Sue Schneider Minoka Hicks/John Hillson What do you want to be when you grow up? Cancer Moonshot: Update on Blue Ribbon Panel s progress Cancer care in Cuba: An oncology nurse perspective Survivorship care plan needs for head and neck cancer patients Danielle Ray/Rustica Cerillo Developing nurses competency and confidence in managing radiation dermatitis amongst breast cancer patients utilizing a skin care algorithm Caroline Smithson Ashely Leak Bryant Patient interviews and staff focus groups identify factors that may contribute to oncology readmissions Victoria Mock New Investigator Award Lecture The impact of patient-reported symptoms on functional status and quality of life in adults with leukemia Sponsored Symposia Presentations Susan Kane Cyndy Simonson ENDURE: Engagement with novel therapies and decision making through breast cancer education The evolution of multikinase inhibitors in uhcc treatment: Strategies to optimize patient management with Stivarga 3

4 Electronic Poster Presentations Elizabeth Abernathy/Kerri Dalton Deborah hutch Allen Pam Bowman/Nikki Brooksbank Mary Dunn Lisa Ecklund Rachel Hirschey/ONCE Providing distance personalized oncology staff education Exploring compensatory behaviors used to maintain cognitive function in adult survivors of primary brain tumors New oncology nurse onboarding: Prepared for success Community outreach initiatives at the local level: NC TONS Efficacy of daily CHG baths in reducing CLABSI in neutropenic patients Evidence based practice collaborations between nurse scientists and nurse clinicians Wanda Honeycutt/Julia Rasmussen The unique role of the oncology research nurse in developing workflows and optimizing EMR systems when conducting oncology clinical trials Faye McNaull/Lisa Ecklund Jessica Meadows/Laura Houchin Corrine Mellin/Mallory Lexa Cassandra Mendez Mary Ann Plambeck Ann Marie Walton Sarah Wiegand/Caroline Smithson Bonnie Toaso Jane Worrell/hutch Allen Stephanie Yates An ONS Mega-Chapter seeks methods to increase member participation in leadership positions on the BOD Improving patient outcomes after port placement in an ambulatory oncology treatment center Improving antiemetic guideline adherence for inpatient adults receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy Maximizing nursing staff coverage in an outpatient oncology treatment center Improving access and flow to the Duke Oncology Infusion Center Nursing assistant s safe handling of excreta contaminated with antineoplastic drugs Oncology readmissions: Exploring risk assessment Meeting ONS Strategic Goals by developing member leadership and engagement through enhancing chapter programs Increasing radon awareness in nurses: The NC experience Medical adhesive related skin injury (MARSI) among adult oncology outpatients 4

TONS Congress Scholarship Recipients Grace Tueffel, UNC Cancer Center Sarah Wiegand, Duke Cancer Institute Mallory Lexa, UNC Cancer Center Denise Lovold, Duke Cancer Institute Kelly Donoghue, UNC

Senate will take regarding the American Healthcare Act of 2017. Whatever your thoughts, it is vital you communicate with our two Senator offices. I implore you to call.

Every call matters and your requests translate to votes.

5 TONS Congress Scholarship Recipients Grace Tueffel, UNC Cancer Center Sarah Wiegand, Duke Cancer Institute Mallory Lexa, UNC Cancer Center Denise Lovold, Duke Cancer Institute Kelly Donoghue, UNC Cancer Center Pam Bowman, Duke Cancer Institute Corrine Mellin, UNC Cancer Center + Legislature Update At this point in time it is nearly impossible to identify a time frame for the next action the Senate will take regarding the American Healthcare Act of Whatever your thoughts, it is vital you communicate with our two Senator offices. I implore you to call. Each call is heard, transcribed and becomes permanent record. Each opinion, idea and thought is communicated to your representative and WILL affect how they ultimately vote. Every call matters and your requests translate to votes. Those votes either combine with others to become laws that directly affect our lives or they oppose other votes to block bills from becoming law. Please call and call often. Our senators are not particularly well versed in healthcare as opposed to other issues, but they do listen. Senator Tillis daughter is a nurse, so he recognizes our value and respects our opinions. Senator Burr has often been nurse friendly in several bills he has sponsored and supported. Leave a message for: Senator Burr at or Senator Tillis at

6 Recognition 1. Mary Dunn was a featured speaker at the Annual 2017 American Urological Association (AUA) Conference in Boston, MA. She presented "Advanced Prostate Cancer". 2. Bernadette Labriola and Kathy Trotter presented the poster Nurses Championing Exercise in Survivorship Care Clinic Visits at JADPRO Live in Washington D.C. 3. Kathy Trotter gave her podium presentation at the 31 st American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Conference in San Antonio, TX. When breast cancer survivors return to primary care: Beyond pink ribbons. 4. Congrats to Kathy Trotter for her publication in Chapter 16 of Breast conditions in Women s Gynecologic Health. 5. Congratulations to Katie Wintermeier, Corrine Mellin and Ann Jacobi Brown for graduating last month from graduate school! Click here to tell us about someone who deserves recognition in the next newsletter! Save the Date for June 20 th July 18 th Programs August 16 th September 19 th Mark Your Calendar "Current Issues for the Advanced Practice Provider" presented by the Duke Cancer Institute Friday, October 27, :30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The Umstead Hotel & Spa Cary, North Carolina ONS Regional Conference "Updates in Oncology Nursing Friday, October 13 Raleigh, NC DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh, NC Registration will be open starting June 15th. Check out this website link for all the details: /conferenc /updates-inoncology-nursing

North Carolina Triangle Oncology Nursing Society. TONS of NEWS

North Carolina Triangle Oncology Nursing Society TONS of NEWS 2 012 Volume 3, No. 4 WINTER DECEMBER 2012 FEATURES: page Newly Elected TONS Board Members 2 Save the Date for Upcoming Meetings 2 Scholarship