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ONS 41st Annual Congress

Learn the latest cancer care information to benefit your patients and earn up to 30 CNE contact hours! Register now at congress.ons.org.

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Margaret Mayo

4:00pm CDT

Congress 101 304

6:00pm CDT

Empowering Nurses. Improving Safety: Making the Case for Building Safer Systems to Reduce Exposures to Hazardous Drugs Grand Hyatt, Lonestar Ballroom ABC Immunotherapy Grand Rounds (Part 1 of an 8-Part CNE Series): Nursing and Physician Investigators Discuss Cases from Their Practices Marriott Rivercenter Grand Ballroom G-I (3rd Floor)

6:00am CDT

Latest Developments in Treating MDS: An Update on Molecular Testing, Low-Risk and High-Risk MDS Therapies, and Disease Management Grand Hyatt, Lonestar Ballroom ABC

7:45am CDT

Opening Ceremony Keynote Address: Do it Well. Make it Fun. The Key to Success in Oncology Nursing Stars at Night Ballroom

9:45am CDT

Targeting the Needs of Unique Populations 304 American Association for Cancer Research/ONS Research Session: Epigenetics and Cancer 221

11:15am CDT

Certification Renewal Revealed: An Insider's Guide to ILNA ONS Booth (#834)

12:15pm CDT

Updates in Multiple Myeloma: Case Studies in Collaborative Nursing and Patient Care Hemisfair Ballroom

2:00pm CDT

Snack Station: Soft Pretzels UCLA Booth (#1021) Snack Station: Trail Mix Accredo Booth (#727)

2:45pm CDT

Get Them In, Get Them Out, and Everything in Between: Improving Quality and Outcomes 303 Improving Clinical Outcomes in the Inpatient Environment 304 The Power of Nursing Interventions in Holistic Oncology Treatment 301 Personalized Genomic Sequencing and the Future of Cancer Care: Discovery, Treatment, and Defeating the Disease* 217B

4:15pm CDT

Dental Oncology Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3 Data Science: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing Research 221

6:00pm CDT

CURE® 2016 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing Reception* Hemisfair Ballroom 3 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Grand Rounds (Part 3 of an 8-Part CNE Series): Nursing and Physician Investigators Discuss Cases from Their Practices Marriott Rivercenter Grand Ballroom G-I (3rd Floor)

7:30pm CDT

ONS Meet and Eat Dinner TBA

6:30am CDT

ONCC Recognition Breakfast for Oncology Certified Nurses* Hemisfair Ballroom 3

7:00am CDT

Poster Session Hall 1

8:15am CDT

Looking Toward the Future Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

9:45am CDT

Complex Issues in Care Management 303 Assessing and Preventing Critical Situations Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3 Clinical Award Lectureship: Using Patient Portals to Engage Patients With Cancer 301 Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award Lecture: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by…” Reflections of an Oncology Palliative Care Researcher 221

12:15pm CDT

Improving Patient Outcomes Through Personalizing Care in the Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Grand Hyatt, Lonestar Ballroom DEF Transforming Blood Cancer Care, the Role of Clinical Trials and CAR T-Cell Therapy Hemisfair Ballroom Working Group to Personalize Multidisciplinary Care in Patients with Lung Cancer: Updates and Evolving Concepts for Nurses Grand Hyatt, Lonestar Ballroom ABC

2:00pm CDT

Snack Station: Smoothies UCLA Booth (#1021)

2:45pm CDT

Immunotherapy: Nibs and Mabs Stars at Night Ballroom 4 CLABSI and CAUTI, Oh My! Nurse-Driven Interventions to Decrease the Incidences 304 Self-Advocating for Protection Against Hazardous Drugs Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

4:15pm CDT

American Association for Cancer Research/ONS Bench to Bedside: The Role of Inflammation in Cancer (and the Tumor Microenvironment) Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

6:00pm CDT

Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer: Keeping You Up-to-Date and In the Know Grand Hyatt, Lonestar Ballroom ABC

6:30pm CDT

Break the Barriers: Simplifying Administration of Chronic Transfusional Iron Overload Therapy with Tammy Willett, BSN, ANP, AOCNP, RN & Caring for Patients With Chronic ITP Using Second-Line Treatment With Carol... The Palm Restaurant

7:30pm CDT

ONS Meet and Eat Dinner TBA

6:00am CDT

Expert Perspectives in Understanding Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV): Practical Issues and Considerations for Nurses Grand Hyatt, Lonestar Ballroom DEF

6:15am CDT

ONS Foundation/Pfizer Oncology Fun Run/Walk & Wheelchair TBA

8:15am CDT

Mara Mogensen Flaherty Memorial Lectureship: The Elephant in the Room: Tackling Tough Topics With Your Patients Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

9:45am CDT

Do You Have the Right Tools? How to Integrate Guidelines, Tools, and Resources Into Practice 301 Grand Rounds: Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) and Unique Blood Product Requirements Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

2:45pm CDT

Anticoagulation Stars at Night Ballroom 4 If Walls Could Talk: You ARE Risking Exposure and Communication DOES Optimize Outcomes 303 Vaccination: Prevent, Protect, Immunize Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

4:15pm CDT

Moral Courage: Building Resilience Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3

5:30pm CDT

Oncology Nursing Celebration Stars at Night Foyer

7:00pm CDT

Caring for Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Cancer: Nursing Implications & Overview of a Treatment Option for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer* Grand Hyatt, Lonestar Ballroom ABC

7:30pm CDT

ONS Meet and Eat Dinner TBA

8:15am CDT

Pharmacology Update Stars at Night Ballroom 1-3 Addressing Challenges in Cancer Care Management From Prevention to Post-Treatment 302

9:45am CDT

Keep the Fire Burning: How to Maintain Momentum After Congress Stars at Night Ballroom

11:00am CDT

Wrapping Up the Big Changes of Congress Stars at Night Ballroom