ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY
PHARMACEUTICAL/INDUSTRY NURSING
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP MEETING
UNAPPROVED MINUTES
DATE:
PLACE:
TIME:
RECORDER:
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Las Vegas, Nevada, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Tradewinds B
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (PT)
Jolene Dirolf
ATTENDEES: (List of attendees attached)
I.
Welcome and Introduction
II.
Coordinator Report by Jennifer Matthews:
a. As of January, 2007 the PIN SIG has 383 members, 4 non-PIN SIG members are present at
today’s meeting.
b. Deb Mercier, Coordinator-Elect has returned to a clinical position and as a result resigned
from the Coordinator-Elect position. Carol DeMarco and Jenn Matthews discussed the need
to have an enthusiastic person fill the position. Jenn nominated Christine Pence, who has
agreed to take on the role of PIN SIG Coordinator upon approval of the Nominating
Committee.
III.
Old Business:
a. A motion to table the review and approval of 2006 meeting minutes until the 2008 Congress
meeting was agreed and approved by a unanimous vote.
b. ONS Congress Project Team Updates;
1. Christine Pence reviewed the 2 PIN SIG contributions to this year’s Congress.
- The first entry included the PIN SIG poster entitled “Nursing Leadership Roles in the
Pharmaceutical Industry”. Christine congratulated each of the authors for outstanding
contributions to this project. Poster authors included; lead author Susie Newtown and
contributing authors, Christine Pence, Lisa Sundquist, Maggie Smith, Lyssa Friedman,
and John DiBrango. The CJON editorial board has requested an article submission
based on this poster. Contributing authors will be contacted to assist in the development
and review of article drafts.
- The second contribution was a Special Session entitled “High Cost of Oncology
Prescription Drugs”, presented by Anne Markham on Tuesday, April 24th. Based on
audience reaction this session was well received by both pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical nurses.
IV.
New Business
a. Judy DeGroot from the ONS Nominating Committee spoke to the group, encouraging
members from the PIN SIG to have a succession plan in place for future leadership. The
Coordinator-elect position is currently open, members are encouraged to apply. Voting for
SIG leadership positions was 19% this year, a decrease from 21% the previous year;
members are encouraged to vote.
b. Laura Benson on behalf of the ONS Board of Directors encouraged SIG members to run for
national office.
c. Christine Pence reviewed planning for 2007-2008;
1. The idea of developing a position statement on the role and responsibilities of the industry
nurses and their contribution to the nursing genre was suggested and well received.
Christine will draft a position statement for distribution to the SIG membership. A final
statement will be posted to the Virtual Community.
2. Topic Submissions for ONS Congress 2008 were discussed. Members felt there was a
need to educate the ONS community on the role of industry nurses. It was mentioned that
this topic was submitted previous years and not accepted for presentation. To learn why
this topic has not been selected year after year, it was suggested that members of the PIN
SIG discuss the topic with members of the ONS Congress Planning Committee who are
responsible for topic selection. It was also suggested that members of the PIN SIG write
in on their Congress evaluation forms the need for such a topic. “Shining a Light on The
Dark Side” was suggested as a topic title for a session describing the role of industry
nursing. Suzie Newton agreed to lead this topic submission. Others willing to assist
Suzie on this topic included; Mary Garlick-Roll, Laura Benson, Lisa Sundquist, Jenny
Rudolf, Jolene Dirolf.
A second topic entitled “From Bedside to Briefcase and Back” was suggested by Laura
Benson. This session topic will provide information for nurses interested in entering into
industry nursing. Laura Benson will lead this Topic Submission Team.
The Clinical Trial Nurses SIG has expressed interest in collaborating on a Congress topic
submission. Members in attendance were supportive, expressing that a topic supported
by 2 SIGs may reflect a more substantial topic than those supported by only 1 SIG.
Jolene Dirolf has volunteered to lead this topic submission for the PIN SIG and collaborate
with the Clinical Trial SIG.
3. The new PIN SIG Virtual Community Administrator, Martine Avello was introduced.
Members were encouraged to visit the PIN SIG Virtual Community for updates monthly.
Topics currently posted include benchmarking survey results from previous years and job
postings. Members are encouraged to submit job postings to the newsletter editor for
posting. It was suggested that a link to this year’s PIN SIG Poster should be posted to the
Community as well.
4. Members were encouraged to sign-up for ONSTAT online and support ONS’s political
causes both at the regional and national level.
V.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m. (PT)
Attendees List for PIN SIG Meeting
SIG Members
Martine Avello amavello@bellsouth.net *
Laura Benson lbenson@osip.com
Judy Billingsley judy.billingsley@bsci.com
Linda Blackburn Linda.m.blackburn@gsk.com
Debra Dawson debra.dawson@sanofi@aventis.com
Judith DeGroot jdegroot@gene.com
Jolene Dirolf jolene.dirolf@bms.com
Carol Fier carolf@amgen.com *
Bertie Ford bford@gene.com
Lyssa Friedman lyssa.friedman@mckesson.com
Mary Garlick Roll roll.mary_garlick@gene.com *
Betty Jurisich betty.jurisich@novartis.com
Susan King sekingrn@aol.com *
Beverly Landrigan Beverly.landrigan@sanofi.aventis.com
Ann Marie Leighton ann_leighton@merck.com
Sandy Maney smaney@charter.net *
Kathy Marshall Kathryn@gene.com
Jenn Matthews jennrsed@hotmail.com
Sheryl Miller nielsher@hughes.net
Susie Newton snewton23@hotmail.com *
Joanne Parillo joanne.parillo@mpi.com *
Christine Pence Christine.d.pence@gsk.com
Alice Reichenberger areichenberger@osip.com
Alice Senko asenko@gene.com
Lisa Sundquist Sundquist.lisa@gene.com
Liesel Wabnig liesel.wabnig@spcorp.com
Sandi Weyerhaeuser sandi@gene.com
Susan Wozniak susan.wozniak@infusystem.com *
Debbie Yakaboski yakaboskid@medimmune.com
Not ONS Members
Lynne Carpenter
Hong Dno
Lou Hours
Debbie Nels
Hinty Sebath
Joyce Young
* Interested in being in a work group
Not SIG Members
Inga Aksamit inga.aksamit@mckesson.com
Sharon Alarcon salarcon@clarian.org
Deborah Braccia onswebsiteeditor@ons.org
Bev Caraher bcaraher@amgen.com *
Rosemary Delaney rosiedel59@msn.com
Karen Hamilton-Sandles khamil1866@sbcglobal.net *
Jeanne Hayes johrn@aol.com
Annette Jones annette.jones2@comcast.net
Marjorie Petty Marjorie@petty.tv
Cheryl Purdie purdiec@amgen.com
Ginny Rudolf ginny.rudolf@pracs.com
Danette Schutjer danette.schutjer@bms.com *
Sandy Siehl ssiehl@osip.com
Teresa Sims simst@medimmune.com
Robin Snyder robin.snyder@bms.com *
Linda Vocila vocilal@att.net
Zita Waclo z_waclo@yahoo.com