APHON 2008 Election Results Announced

Your votes have been counted, and now it’s time to congratulate your newly elected board and nominating committee members!

President-Elect

Deborah Echtenkamp, MSN RN CPON^®

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Medical City Children’s Hospital
Dallas, TX

“I am both humbled and honored to serve as President-Elect of APHON.  It seems like just yesterday that I joined our organization as a wide-eyed novice. It will be a privilege to give back to a group of professionals who have mentored and inspired me through the years.  I am eager to partner with you to help direct the passion and fervor that we share in our commitment to compel excellence and success in both practice and patient outcomes. I look forward to serving APHON and its membership and will count on your expertise and support as we work together to improve and bless the lives of the children and families that we serve.”

Secretary

Nancy Tena, MSN RN CPON^®

Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Methodist Children’s Hospital
San Antonio, TX

“I want to thank the nominating committee and APHON membership for the opportunity to participate as an APHON board member in the role of secretary in the upcoming term.  I look forward to working with this leadership team and the nursing membership to support and enable the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology nurses to continue to provide the best care for our patients, families and community.”

Director-at-Large

Lisa Fisher, BN RN CPON^®

Clinical Educator
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for electing me to the position of Director at Large.  I look forward to this opportunity and will approach this new challenge with enthusiasm.  I am dedicated to support APHON’s mission.”

Nominating Committee Member

Casey Barrell, RN CPNP CPON^®

Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Nurse Specialist
Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian—Columbia University
New York, NY

“I am very excited about being about being chosen to serve in this capacity for the organization. Thank you for your support and I look forward to working with all of you to continue to ensure excellent leadership in APHON.”

Nominating Committee Member

Lisa Bashore, MSN RN CPNP CPON^®

Program Coordinator, NP
Cook Children’s Medical Center
Fort Worth, TX

“Thanks to all for the opportunity to serve this great national organization as a member of the nominating committee for APHON. I look forward to serving current members of APHON in a manner appropriate for the position and continue to recruit new members to APHON which serves our pediatric hematology and oncology nursing community.”

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APHON—COG Evidence Based Practice Guidelines

The Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON), in collaboration with the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Nursing Discipline Committee, is pleased to announce a request for proposals to test the implementation of supportive care guidelines in the care of children, adolescents, or young adults with cancer.

The APHON Board has approved an award of up to $10,000 to support selected project(s). Funding will be based on the submitted budget and will be awarded once Institutional Review Board approval for the proposed project has been granted.

The principal investigator must be a registered nurse and a current member of APHON. Selection of the supportive care guideline for implementation and evaluation is at the discretion of the individual research team. The guideline must have relevance for the care of children, adolescents, or young adults with cancer. Graduate theses, projects, and dissertations are eligible for consideration. All proposals must follow the instructions posted on the APHON website.

Interested teams are requested to submit a letter of intent prior to submission of the completed proposal. The “early bird” deadline for letters of intent is September 1, 2008. Final letters of intent are due October 15, 2008, and completed proposals will be due December 15, 2008. All letters of intent and applications will be submitted electronically via the APHON website.

A complete instruction packet is available on the APHON website at www.aphon.org. Please direct questions related to the call for proposals to Nicole Wallace at nwallace@connect2amc.com.