Lancaster, PA Red Rose Chapter of ONS
RED ROSE RAP
Spring 2013 Issue 10
Letter from the President
Spring is here with all of its beauty and it is hard to believe that we are
coming up on the last meeting before summer break. It has been such a
great few months working with you and getting to know you better. I
have said it before but it is worth repeating. We have a small but
amazing chapter and it is all due to the dedication of the nurses who
belong to it! Lancaster Red Rose has started 2013 with a bang, having
great speakers and topics from nutrition to myeloma and continues with
the May meeting on the 21st with a short discussion on Stivarga and then
an evening to celebrate Oncology Nursing Month. We have sent 3 of our
members to Congress this past April and we are proud of our vice
president, Katrina Fetter who was a speaker at Congress this year!
Congratulations Katrina! Through the efforts of Merrily Dombrowski,
Lancaster Red Rose Chapter is helping to organize this year’s “Best of
ONS” being held the weekend of May 18th in Philadelphia. We have
begun to help our less fortunate patients who are in need of immediate
rides to office visits, treatments or tests with our transportation program
through Yellow Cab. We have met some wonderful nurses not only from
Lancaster County but from York and Daulphin counties and have
welcomed new members to our chapter. This summer, Katrina Fetter
and I will be attending the ONS Leadership weekend in Pittsburgh. After
a short summer break we will resume our monthly schedule with our
August meeting at Annie Bailey’s and a full Fall schedule leading up to
our big event which is the Roundtable in November. I look forward to
seeing even more of you at these meetings and hopefully signing more of
you up as full members. It is only with your involvement that we can
keep all of this great work going. I thank all of you for all of your support
and dedication not only to Lancaster Red Rose Chapter but to each of our
dear patients in Lancaster County that count on us to help them. You
truly are all great nurses and I feel so lucky to know you!
Marcia Ostrowski, RN, OCN, CBCN
Schedule of Events
April 24th-28th – ONS Congress in
Washington,DC
May 18th – Best of ONS in Philadelphia
May 21st – Oncology Nursing Month
Celebration at LCC
June/July – Summer Break
August 27th- Board/Business
Meeting Annie Baileys
Sept 24th- ONS Meeting - TBD
October 5th – Light the Night at
Clipper Magazine Stadium
October 22nd- Hospice- Topic:
Sharing Bad News
Nov 6th - Roundtable at Eden Resort
Tentatively: Nov 26th – Year Wrapup Meeting
ONS Congress Report
Congress took place in our nation’s capital this year. Washington DC was beautiful, and so was the
weather. National ONS Congress lasts from Wednesday-Saturday and includes countless opportunities
for continuing education, inter-professional networking and sight-seeing on the town. This year did not
disappoint. There were a lot of sessions about certification, symptom management, and alternative
medicine this year. Opening ceremonies included motivational singing as well as a lecture on the impact
of technology and the future of health care. The opportunity to attend Congress humbles you when you
see the thousands of other oncology nurses in attendance. There is laughter, tears, and a lot of
learning. My most memorable moment at this year’s Congress was the opportunity to speak at a precongress session on Wednesday about compassion fatigue. The presentation was extremely successful
and got a lot of good feedback from attendees who were anxious to go back to their organizations to
combat compassion fatigue. It was definitely the most exciting thing I have been able to be a part of so
far in my nursing career!! I encourage everyone who is passionate about oncology nursing to try to
attend Congress at least once in their career. It is worth it!! -Katrina Fetter BSN, RN, OCN
“One highlight for me was the ONS opening ceremony. It was amazing to see all the different people
coming from ALL over the world and uniting in the special interest area of oncology nursing. It is so
special and such a hard and emotional field that you could tell, everyone wanted to be there and
everyone was happy to be learning more to better themselves for their patients.
Another highlight of congress was hearing Katrina speak about compassion fatigue and how it has
affected people, and ways to prevent compassion fatigue.” – Cally Adams BSN, RN, OCN
Join our Lancaster Red Rose ONS Chapter Team for the Light the Night Walk at
Clipper Magazine Stadium on Saturday, October 5th. If you are interested in
joining or have questions please either go to our Team web page or contact to
the Team Captain – Miska Yost (mdyost@lghealth.org).
http://pages.lightthenight.org/cpa/Lancastr13/lancasterredroseons
We hope to see you there!!!
Our 2013-2014 Officers
New Membership Prices at the ONS
After their latest meeting and election the ONS has decided
that membership dues will be increased to guarantee that
the organization can continue to provide high quality to its
members.

Effective as of July 1, 2013 ONS membership prices
will be increased to keep up with the 1.4% inflation
rate.
 The fee for the local chapters will be automatically
included in the ONS membership fee: Universal
Chapter Membership. The local chapters will be
reimbursed $10 for every member.
 There will be a new category for fees: Early Career
Professional. New nurses pay this fee for the first
five years after obtaining their RN license.
 To see the list with new ONS membership prices,
visit the ONS.org web page.
President
Marcia Ostrowski, RN, OCN
ostrowski7@comcast.net
Vice President
Katrina Fetter, RN, BSN, OCN
klfetter@lghealth.org
Secretary
Katie Garrison, RN, BSN, OCN
kegarris@lghealth.org
Treasurer
Kat Schoenknecht, RN, BSN, OCN
kschoenknecht@lancastercancercenter.com
Program Chair
Cally Adams, BSN, RN, OCN
Cadams2@lghealth.org
Membership Chair
Sylvia Foulk, RN, OCN
Sfoulk2@lghealth.org
Nominating Chair
Miska Yost, RN, BSN, OCN
mdyost@lghealth.org
(Written and submitted by Sylvia Foulk RN, OCN)
Newsletter Editor
Miska Yost, RN, BSN, OCN
mdyost@lghealth.org