Houston Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society
  Investigative Project Application for Funding

1.0 Purpose

The Houston Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society has a commitment to promote formal investigative nursing projects that affect oncology nursing practice and improve care for those at risk for or experiencing cancer and their families. The chapter has appropriated $ 2500 in funding annually to sponsor one project. The project may be a research, quality improvement, or evidence-based practice project and must have measurable outcomes.

2.0 Applications
Applications for funding requests and additional information about chapter project funding may be requested from the Chairperson of the Research Committee. Applications for funding requests will be accepted throughout the year, but a call for proposals will be issued in the summer. All proposals received by April 1 of a calendar year will be considered for funding in that year. Funding will be awarded in June.

EARN FFREE CNE CREDIT THROUGH AN EXCLUSIVE WEBCAST PROGRAM

As a result of completing this free CNE course, nurses will be able to:

• Define bone pain and understand why breast, prostate, multiple myeloma and lung cancers tend to be associated with a higher incidence of bone

metastases than other cancer types, and how to identify patients with bone pain

• Understand new data for both general and targeted treatment modalities available to help mitigate bone pain for patients still undergoing cancer treatment

• Explain the role of radiopharmaceuticals for patients focusing on new data in efficacy, combination use, safety, when to use, and duration of use