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Extraordinary Healer Award
Finalists Announced!
For the second year, CURE presented readers with a unique opportunity to honor an oncology nurse who helped them heal. This year’s Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing resulted in an outpouring of nominations from patients, survivors, and caregivers, describing the compassion, expertise, and helpfulness received from a special nurse on their oncology team.
Congratulations to the three nurse finalists and the readers who nominated them!
Linda K. Huber, RN, AP, CS, MH/CNS
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri
Nominated by: Patricia Nee, of Independence, Missouri
Karen Marchman, RN, OCN, CCRP
Florida Hospital Cancer Institute
Orlando, Florida
Nominated by: Sheila S. McThenia, of Oviedo, Florida
Randy Wecker, BSN, OCN
Marshfield Clinic
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Nominated by: RaeAnn Thomas, of Marshfield, Wisconsin
Honorable Mention:
Marilyn Bruderer, APRN
VAMC Manchester
Manchester, New Hampshire
Nominated by: Charles A. Rossier, of Merrimack, New Hampshire
The three nurse finalists and the individuals who nominated them, plus one guest each, will receive round-trip airfare and two-night accommodations in Philadelphia, where they will be honored at a reception on May 15, 2008, held in conjunction with the Oncology Nursing Society’s 33rd Annual Congress.
CURE will present one nurse with the 2008 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing. The winner will also receive a three-night “Spa Refresher for Two” at Lake Austin Spa Resort in Austin, Texas, recently named the No. 1 destination spa in North America by readers of Condé Nast Traveler.
A complete list of nurse nominees will be posted soon.
Submissions were judged by the CURE and Heal staff.
Attention Nurses: Celebrate With Us!
If you plan to attend the Oncology Nursing Society’s 33rd Annual Congress in Philadelphia on May 15-18, 2008, please join us at the 2008 CURE Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing reception on May 15 from 7-9 p.m. with Honorary Mistress of Ceremonies Loretta Swit, award-winning actress from M*A*S*H*, television’s most honored series.
Don’t miss this special chance to celebrate the field of oncology nursing with food, music, and fun!Registration is FREE for all Congress attendees, but space is limited so REGISTER TODAY!
For more information about the award and online registration, visit www.onsedge.com or call 877-588-EDGE (3343). No continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours will be awarded.
Made possible with financial support from Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. and Lake Austin Spa Resort
 
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