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Excellence in nursing management award

About the award

The Excellence in Nursing Management award has been established to recognize and support excellence in cancer nursing management.

This award is given every other year in conjunction with the Spring Convention.

Nominees are accepted from national member societies, individual members and associated members.

Selection criteria

The candidate must a member of EONS who:

• Currently practices in an oncology nursing management role.
• Is recognized for contributions in cancer nursing management at the local, state, national or international level.
• Demonstrates commitment to mentorship in cancer nursing management.
• Contributes to the specialty of cancer nursing management through publications, program development, refinement of management tools, etc.
• Demonstrates leadership abilities (documented in a letter of support from the nominee's immediate supervisor).

The call for applications is now open. Deadline for submission is 30 October 2009.

Previous winner

Mrs. Monica Bianchi is the recipient of the EONS Excellence in nursing management award 2008.

Mrs. Bianchi is the Nursing officer at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan.

For more information on Mrs. Bianchi and the description of the winning project, please take a look at the EONS Newsletter Spring issue 2008 at page 9 which you can download at this website.

Mrs. Bianchi presented an honorary lecture during the 6th EONS Spring Convention in Geneva at the Award Ceremony on Saturday 29th March.

EONS congratulates Mrs. Bianchi for winning the award and we wish her continued success in all her professional and personal endeavours.