ONS Connect - June 2008 - (Page 28)

MEETTHEBOARD Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN ONS President Clinical Professor and Chair, Master’s Program, Duke University School of Nursing Durham, NC Education: MSN in psychiatric nursing How I got into oncology nursing: I think oncology chose me. My closest aunt died from melanoma when I was in high school, in college I did an independent study with people who were terminally ill, and as a novice nurse, I cared for a teenager with leukemia. When I was asked to develop a new role for four medical units, I provided consultation for people with cancer. After that experience, I chose oncology positions for more than 20 years—in Switzerland and Canada as well as Seattle and North Carolina. My first ONS leadership role: I began on the review board for the Oncology Nursing Forum (ONF), which led to being an associate editor for ONF and then to editor of ONS News for 10 years. For fun, I enjoy: Going to arts and crafts fairs, especially street fairs If there is one task that I could avoid, it would be: Cleaning the house My motto is: Remember “frog on a log” (The saying has special meaning for my husband and me. It’s a long story.) ✱ Birthplace/hometown: Norwalk, CT, but I have lived in Durham, NC, longer Family: Husband, Ben Staples; son, Jay; and two dogs, two cats, and two mice ONS Introduces New Health Policy Manager NS has hired Leslie Greenberg, RN, MSN, OCN®, to serve as health policy manager. Greenberg will be based in Rockville, MD, and will direct and coordinate ONS’s legislative advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill. Greenberg is an oncology nurse who has worked in clinical and research roles but also has had health policy experience in Washington, DC. Before joining ONS, Greenberg served as a research nurse specialist at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD, where she coordinated clinical and operational aspects of clinical trials in ovarian cancer. Earlier in her career, she also was employed as an RN and research nurse at Sibley Hospital in Washington, DC. Greenberg also 28 ONS CONNECT O has worked as a health policy fellow for Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), where she focused on health and aging legislation. Within ONS, Greenberg is serving as a board member of the Potomac Area ONS Chapter and has been a member of the ONS Capitol Gang, a group that supports the ONS Health Policy Agenda on Capitol Hill. “Leslie has a deep understanding of healthcare policy. She has been an active member of ONS’s grassroots efforts to educate policy makers on issues that impact patients with cancer. We are eager for her to apply her knowledge and energy to work with our members to forward ONS’s agenda, including efforts to address Leslie Greenberg, RN. MSN, OCN® the impact of the nursing workforce shortage,” says Paula T. Rieger, RN, MSN, AOCN®, FAAN, chief executive officer of ONS. ✱ June 2008

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ONS Connect - June 2008

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