Welcome to the Chicago Chapter Virtual Community!
Election Results are in!
Congratulations to our new elected officers for 2012!
Christa Lappin, President-elect
Marcia Mickle, Treasurer-elect
Marc Epstein-Reeves, Secretary
Josie Howard Ruben, Director at Large
Chicago Chapter 2012 Board:
Dani Gale: President; Marc Epstein-Reeves: Secretary; Denise Lapka: Treasurer; Marcia Mickle: Treasurer-Elect; Jean Ridgeway: Director-at-Large; Maggie Smith: Director-at-Large; Josie Howard Ruben: Director-at-Large; Lisa Gaston, Immediate Past-President, Christa Lappin: President-elect.
2012 Committee Chairs:
Newsletter: Ima Garcia and Carol Knop; Program: Katharine Szubski; Research: Barbara Holmes Gobel; Membership: Mary Lappe and Christa Lappin ; Archivist: Maryjo Osowski; Nominating: Lisa Gaston; Virtual Community: Bev Caraher and Jan Golick.
Contact info for Board/Chairs can be found in "About Us" section at the top of this page. Choose "Our Leadership" to download our roster.
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Are you new to public speaking or do you want to improve the delivery of your speeches and presentations?
CCONS wants to help with a new CCONS Speaker Mentorship Program!!!
We are looking for oncology nurses who want to begin presenting or improve their speaking skills. We have wonderful mentors who can help you present for the first time or improve on your current skills. Our CCONS mentors are expert presenters in symptom management, end of life care, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, biotherapy, targeted molecular therapies, breast cancer, prostate cancer, GI malignancies, bone marrow transplant and hematologic malignancies.
How does the CCONS Speaker Mentorship Program Work?
1. First you need to complete the application and be accepted into the CCONS Speaker Mentorship Program.
2. Once approved you will need to sign up & complete the ONS Online Speaker Training Course. This is an interactive self-paced web course offering 4.7 CEUs that is designed to improve your speaking skills. You will have 3 weeks to complete it.
3. CCONS will reimburse you for the course and provide you with a mentor.
4. You will work with the mentor to develop a presentation for you to present at your institution. These presentations must be completed by June 2012.
5. CCONS will provide a modest breakfast or lunch for participants at your first presentation!!!
Registration is limited to only 10 nurses so apply now for this exciting opportunity!!!
Click here to download application
Applications are due by January 1, 2012
This program is funded by a grant from the ONS Foundation
Interested in joining our chapter or need to renew (January is renewal time!) for 2012? Click here to download the 2012 membership application form.
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
The Patient Services team at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Chicago, Illinois has resources for patients that they would like to share with oncology nursing professionals. There is a one-page Financial aid application for patients who are diagnosed with a blood cancer and are in active treatment. Upon receipt of an original application bearing a HCP (Physician, Nurse Practitioner or LCSW) signature, the patient will receive a $100 stipend.
Other services and programs offered include Co-Pay Assistance, Financial Aid, Education Programs and materials, Family Support Groups and more. Also, a Treatment Agenda Guidebook was created to help newly diagnosed patients keep track of their contacts, treatments, medications, blood work and resources in one place.
Go to the website www.lls.org/il for these resources. Patients/family members can click on the Spanish option at the top right hand corner to see the entire website in Spanish.
Any nurse who would like to get involved in planning a program, facilitating a support group or can offer any ideas on how to make our outreach efforts a success, should contact Kristi Anys, Manager of Patient Services, at 312-568-7728 or at the following email address: kristi.anys@LLS.org
CCONS Exciting Volunteer Opportunity
Are you looking for a way to get involved with CCONS and you do not have the time to dedicate hours after work or on the weekends? Well, we have found the perfect solution for you!!!
CCONS will be partnering with Beautiful Lengths for human hair donations for women diagnosed with cancer. Beautiful Lengths has a partnership with Pantene and the American Cancer Society for this endeavor. As oncology nurses, we care so much about our patients, and this is a great opportunity to go one step further to acknowledge their struggles and show our ongoing support. However, volunteers can be anyone willing to participate. The hair collections will take place at Northwestern during April 2012; therefore, we wanted to get the word out to ask your support of this event immediately!
If you are interested in volunteering please contact Maggie Smith at smith.maggie@comcast.net. If you would like to learn more information about this program, you can review the website at www.Beautifullengths.com
Thanks to Barb Gobel, of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, for bringing this exciting opportunity to our attention! We hope you can participate in this important initiative and stay tuned as more details will be forthcoming in 2012!!!
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