Advanced Practice Nurse Conference Scholarship

Purpose: To support a professional nurse who has demonstrated innovation in responding to challenges in practice, that has made a difference for the patient/family, institution and/or fellow healthcare professionals.

Applicant: Applicants may apply on their own or be nominated for this scholarship by an ONS Chapter or Special Interest Group (SIG).  Each chapter and SIG may nominate one nurse for this award.

Scholarship: Recipients of this scholarship will receive an educational grant for a maximum of $1,200 to apply toward the ONS Oncology Advanced Practice Nurse Conference registration, travel to and from the conference and per diem conference expenses.*  The conference registration fee will be automatically deducted from grant prior to payment.

Individual livings or working within a 50 mile radius of the conference location are eligible to receive the conference registration fee only which will be paid directly to ONS.

*Expenses not covered include gifts, entertainment and dry cleaning/laundry.

Qualifications:

  1. The applicant must be a registered nurse involved in cancer nursing.
  2. The applicant must have demonstrated innovativeness in responding to challenges in practice.
  3. The applicant can be nominated by an ONS Chapter or a Special Interest Group or be self-nominated. One nominee per Chapter and SIG only.
  4. A biographical data sheet and a written description of the nurse's response to challenges in practice must be completed and submitted with the application.  The description must not exceed 350 words and must not have been previously submitted to the ONS Foundation for another award and funded.  Word count must be inserted after the essay.
  5. The nominee must be able to attend ONS Conference, specific for the award, in its entirety.

Note: Individuals that received a 2011 Congress Scholarship from the ONS Foundation are not eligible to receive this award in 2011. 

An individual cannot receive this award more than one time, per scholarship. 

Application Deadline: 9/1

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP
2011 Recipients:		 Supported By
Julie Carlson MSN APN AOCNS® Genentech, Inc
Stephanie Sullivan MSN, FNP-C Genentech, Inc
Katrina Jackson Certified Nurse Practitioner Oncology Hematology Care, Inc. and ONS:Edge
Kerri Dalton MSN, RN, OCN® ONS:Edge
Hatem Idais Manasrah RN MSN CNS ONS:Edge
Elisabeth Sosa RN, BSN, OCN® ONS:Edge
Carrie Thompson MSN, ANP-BC, OCN®, RN ONS:Edge