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CAREGivERCARE Make Resolutions to Benefit Your Nursing Career [By Kristen Baileys, RN, MSN, CRNP, AOCNP®, ONS Education Project Manager] Why not try a resolution that will benefit you in a different way than the s ar’ usual, hard-to-keep Ye resolutions? This New ions! My lut year, consider mako Res ing a New Year’s resolution that will help you professionally and possibly advance your nursing career (Quan, n.d.). ost of us have made some sort of • Learn a new nursing skill. New Year’s resolution in the past. • Take some continuing nursing educaIt may have been to exercise more, eat tion programs on unfamiliar topics. healthier, lose weight, or spend more time • Read at least one nursing journal arwith family. But did you follow through ticle every month. with your resolution? Statistics show • Get involved with your local ONS that 45% of people make New Year’s reschapter, or become active with one of olutions, but only 8% are successful and the ONS special interest groups. achieve their goals (PR Web, 2005). • Encourage at least one person to be- • • • • M • come a nurse by sharing what a nursing career has to offer. Take on leadership responsibilities at work that you wouldn’t usually offer to do. Volunteer at ONS by becoming part of a project or planning team, an abstract reviewer, or a mentor. Preceptor someone, or teach a colleague something new. Brush up on a body system or process you’ve forgotten or didn’t understand well. Try to do something for yourself each week. ✱ PR Web. (2005). New statistics: New Year’s resolution usage plummets from 88% to 45%—Are New Year’s resolutions a thing of the past? Retrieved November 29, 2007, from http://www .prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb319962.htm Quan, K. (n.d.). New Year’s resolutions for your nursing career. Retrieved November 28, 2007, from http://nursing.about.com/od/nurses generalinfo/a/resolutions.htm We’re Looking for New Writers and Expert Mentors! Do you know of an oncology topic that needs to be addressed from your perspective as a direct caregiver, but the thought of developing a manuscript overwhelms you? Are you an experienced author with expertise in writing for publication and a willingness to mentor? If so, the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (CJON) Mentor/Fellow Writing Program is for you. We are seeking direct caregivers who have a desire to write for publication and experienced authors who are willing to offer them guidance and support. As many as five direct caregivers will be selected to participate. Each selected applicant will be paired with a mentor, who will guide the novice writer through the manuscript preparation process. The dyads will have six months to complete and submit the manuscripts to the CJON editor. All manuscripts will undergo the standard CJON peer-review process. Each mentor-fellow pair will be allotted a budget to cover telephone and postage expenses. Each mentor will receive an honorarium when the completed manuscript is accepted for publication and be given second authorship on the manuscript. For more information or to obtain an application, visit the Publications area of the ONS Web site (www.ons.org) or contact Alexis Yakemovic, ONS Publishing Division editorial assistant, at 412-859-6259 (pubCJON@ons.org). Clinical J o of Oncolo urnal gy Nursing ® ® lmCover1.indd 1 An ofﬁcial journal of the Oncology Nursing Socie ty www.ons. org 11/18/2007 2:54:58 PM Applications are due February 15. JANUARY 2008 ONS CONNECT 21 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb319962.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb319962.htm http://nursing.about.com/od/nursesgeneralinfo/a/resolutions.htm http://nursing.about.com/od/nursesgeneralinfo/a/resolutions.htm http://www.ons.org

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