March 2015 e-Newsletter is here! - Metro Denver Oncology Nursing

MDONS e-NEWS
March 2015
Volume 1, Issue 1
Here’s what’s
Happening with our
Chapter
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Barb Wenger
To keep members more informed of our activities we are
reviving our MDONS newsletters. Watch for these quarterly
summaries!
It’s been another productive year for our chapter. We’ve
just completed our chapter annual report for the ONS
National office, so I’d like to share some of those
accomplishments with you. It takes a team, so I’d also like
to thank you and all the Board members for their time and
service.
The backbone of our communication is the Secretary, Mary
Jane. She has done such a successful job of coordinating all
those emails and keeping all of informed.
Another key member is the person responsible for our
budget, Krista. We have successfully balanced the 2014
budget and have enough funds to keep the chapter solvent
for 2015. (Per our chapter charter)
Our Programs (John, Zita and Sarah), Research (Yuki and
Sarah) and Fall Conference (Teresa, Krista and too many
more to list) committees have all been very busy. This past
year they have completed over 18 CE offerings with over 600
members participating in these events. Congratulations!
The Membership committee (Carol and Maude) has worked
so very hard to reconcile the email addresses in addition to
recruiting and helping to retain our members.
Outreach (Stacey and Mariah) has done some great
O
fficers
&
B
oard
M
embers
President………………………………………….....Barbara Wenger
Secretary.………………………………………..Mary Jane LaRoche
Treasurer.………………………………………………..Krista Treichel
Program Chairs.…………………………………..…...John Cockrell
Zita Fenner
Fall Conference.………………………………………Teresa Trabert
Krista Treichel
Membership...…………………………………………. Carol Sjerven
Maude Becker
Research.…………………………………………...……..Yuki Asakura
Community Outreach.……………………..………....Mariah Hall
Stacey Gates
Health Policy.………………..…………………………..Stacey Gates
Nominating.…………………………………………....Sandi Vannice
Newsletter Editor………………………................Sarah Eppers
Continued…
volunteer activities this past year and have even
more planned for this year. Watch for the
announcements.
Sandi is our new nominating committee chair. She
will be releasing some great scholarship
applications in the upcoming month and will be
recruited for two upcoming elected positions this
year: secretary and treasurer.
Here’s to another great year!
Barb
MDONS: Building from the
strengths of our past into the
visions for our future
SAVE THE DATE !!
C
O
ommunity
utreach
Volunteers are needed for the following Outreach
events:
Sunday, August 2nd 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
3rd Annual Mallets for Melanoma
hosted by
Colorado Melanoma Foundation &
Denver Polo Club
MDONS will have a table at the Thornton 9Health Fair
which is on 4/18:
http://www.9healthfair.org/find/find.aspx
MDONS will
be at the
Relay for
Life on June
13th in
Thornton,
CO, noon10pm
A polo tournament benefitting melanoma research,
awareness, education and advocacy in Colorado.
Denver Polo Club
6359 Airport Rd.
Sedalia, CO 80135
For more information on this charity event, please visit
www.comelfound.org / Info@comelfound.org
Please let us know if there is an
event you would like to see
MDONS support
Denver Health:
Denver Health Jobs  click here to
search jobs. To find out more about
opportunities in the infusion center,
palliative and Supportive Care Clinic.
UCHealth: Join us. Together
We Improve Lives. To find jobs at
University of Colorado Health in
Place including
your ad HERE:
oncology,
inpatient and the
Cancer Center: UCH Jobs  click here
to search jobs
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the
DATE
Do you have an employment opportunity for someone in
the Oncology field? Consider posting open positions in
future newsletters.
SCHOLARSHIPS
MDONS offers scholarships in three categories of
professional development to members of good
standing:
•
continuing education programs
•
academic advancement in nursing
•
initial oncology certification.
Additionally, a research grant is available for members
working on a research project.
Apply for one of the scholarships or the research grant
today! Deadlines for 2015 are 5/1/2015 Applications
and information are available on the MDONS website:
click here for scholarship announcements.
C
ollaboration
M
embership
We currently have 541 members! Due to changes at the
National level, we are now using the Virtual Community to send
communication rather than individual email addresses. ONS
protects individuals by keeping that information confidential.
This is a great time to make sure your email settings are
allowing you to get our monthly group emails. If you are not
getting them, here is a link with many helpful hints to make
sure you don’t miss this important information:
https://www.ons.org/manage-your-email-subscriptions
For Information, contact Carol at
ccsjerven@centurylink.net
On February 19th, MDONS participated in a
day long CE event which was a collaboration
of 13 professional organizations. The event
was educational and inspirational. The day
included topics such as speed of trust, digital
storytelling, advocacy and translation of
caring. In addition, RMINS and MDONS had
our first successful collaborative dinner
meeting in which over people 100 attended.
The meeting, held on March 12, included
members from both organizations and nonmembers. Over $545 was raised for the LLS
society. Both events brought together a large
community of nurses and an opportunity to do
more locally and state wide.
P
rograms &
R
esearch
M
eetings
Thanks to the Programs Committee for
continuing to find great dinner meeting topics
and sponsors! Please save these dates on your
calendar:
April 21st: Multiple Myeloma, location TBD,
honoring past presidents
May 19th : Topic & location TBD, honoring
nurses month
If you have suggestions for speakers or topics,
please contact Committee Chair: John Cockrell
@ mdonsprograms@gmail.com
MDONS
is now on the
WEB
Check out our calendar, updates, photos,
links, and more!
Visit us at http://mdons.vc.ons.org/
Do you have ideas for our newsletter or web site? Do you want
to volunteer to help update our FaceBook page? Contact:
Metro Denver Oncology Nursing Society @
metrodenverons@gmail.com
H
ealth
P
olicy
If you want to get involved in Health
Policy, please contact Committee
Chair: Stacey Gates
staceypgates@gmail.com
Click HERE to
find out What’s
Going On at the
State Level.
Upcoming
Events
& Save The
Date Info
Rocky Mountain 5th Annual
Blood Cancer Conference: Sat, April 11, 2015
Crowne Plaza Convention Center
15500 East 40th Avenue Denver, CO
8:15-4 pm FREE EVENT
www.lls.org/rm/rmbcc or 800-286-8159
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DATE
OCN review Course:
UCHealth course click here
St. Joseph’s Course click here
__________________________________
Make your plans now for Congress.
ONS 40th Annual Congress
April 23–26, 2015
Orlando, Florida
2017 Congress comes to Denver.
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ONS 42ndDATE
Annual Congress
May 4-7, 2017
Denver, Colorado
MDONS celebrates our 35th
birthday this year —help us
Celebrate in November!
MDONS Fall Conference: Friday
October 16, 2015
JW Marriott Cherry Creek
For questions about Fall Conference,
please email Teresa Trabert at teresa_T72@comcast.net
***A Food Drive will be conducted at the Fall Conference this
year.***
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End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC )
Core Training Course coming Fall 2015
at University of Colorado Hospital
During the course, you will review eight modules:
Introduction to Palliative Nursing,
Pain Management, Symptom Management,
Communication, Ethical & Legal Issues,
Spiritual/Cultural Considerations,
Loss/Grief/Bereavement, and Final Hours