Share your knowledge by submitting an abstract that describes your cutting-edge original nursing research or nursing innovations in administration/ leadership development, clinical/evidence-based practice, or education. Abstracts are due June 29.

Abstracts will be blind-reviewed by APN volunteers with clinical and/or research expertise. Selection will be based on blind review. All abstracts accepted in 2010 will be presented as posters. Select presenters will be requested to oversee a round-table discussion regarding their topic.

Please note that the primary author for the abstract must be an advanced practice nurse. APNs may partner with nurses or other licensed healthcare professionals from another discipline (e.g., physician, pharmacist, physical therapist), but the lead author must be an APN.

Authors of accepted poster abstracts must be present at their posters during an assigned session at the conference to allow for dialog with participants. Posters should remain in place throughout the entire conference.

You can submit abstracts of your own completed work, work in progress, or work presented at the local or regional level. Abstracts may not be submitted that contain information that has been previously published or presented to national or international oncology nursing audiences. The primary author of the abstract must obtain consent from all authors and appropriate institutional clearances prior to abstract submission.

Complete conference information, including online registration, will be available in mid-July.

Thank you, Kathleen Bell, Jennifer Varga, Liz Barnum, and Ann Calcaterra & Michael Fitz for volunteering to update NCI publication, Treatment Choices for Men with Early Stage Prostate Cancer. Lorna and the SIG leadership were not surprised by the quick response from SIG members to volunteer for this project. We thank everyone for their interest and encourage you to respond to future opportunities to get involved.

Minutes from the Annual Radiation SIG meeting held at the 35th ONS Congress in San Diego on Saturday, May 15th are now posted in the Minutes section located on the left-hand side of the SIGs Virtual Community Home Page.

Vanna Dest- 2010 Rad Onc Nursing Excellence Award


Cheryl Blaskowski- Julie Earle Memorial Scholarship Winner

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