Cancer Network News Summer 2016
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Second Annual Crump<br />
Award Winner Announced<br />
Every year, an oncology nurse who exemplifies<br />
WellStar’s credo and the <strong>Cancer</strong> <strong>Network</strong> mission is<br />
selected to receive the Crump Award for Excellence in<br />
Oncology Nursing. The <strong>2016</strong> Crump Award winner is<br />
Maureen Lavelle. She was chosen from an impressive<br />
slate of six oncology nurses across WellStar.<br />
Second Annual Crump Award<br />
Winner, Maureen Lavelle, RN<br />
Various WellStar team<br />
members had very kind<br />
words to share about<br />
Maureen. “She is a true<br />
asset to the WellStar<br />
team; she handles<br />
every patient she works<br />
with as if they were her<br />
family,” said Michael<br />
Folk, system director<br />
of radiation oncology.<br />
William Thoms, M.D.,<br />
a radiation oncologist<br />
at Paulding adds,<br />
“Maureen is the most<br />
dedicated and talented oncology nurse I have had<br />
the pleasure of working with during my 26 years as<br />
a radiation oncologist. She is a blessing to our<br />
patients, and a joy to work with.”<br />
Christine Min, M.D., also a radiation oncologist at<br />
Paulding said, “Maureen is truly outstanding. She<br />
is not only caring and compassionate with our<br />
patients, but she also has excellent work ethic and<br />
is very thorough. She’s everything physicians and<br />
patients want in a nurse.”<br />
The Crump Award was created when Pat Crump,<br />
an oncology patient of WellStar, wanted to “pay it<br />
forward.” Pat and the entire Crump family were so<br />
overwhelmed by the level of care and compassion<br />
shown by the WellStar team members that they<br />
wanted to recognize exceptional oncology<br />
nurses. Working with the WellStar Foundation,<br />
the Crump family provided a monetary award to<br />
further the education of the winning oncology<br />
nurse. WellStar is very grateful for the generosity<br />
the Crump family has shown and the opportunity<br />
they are providing for our nurses.<br />
<strong>Cancer</strong> Team Member speaks at<br />
national conference in San Antonio<br />
The 41st Annual Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress was held in San<br />
Antonio from April 28- May 1, <strong>2016</strong>. Barb Wilson, MS, RN, AOCN, ACNS-BC,<br />
presented “Ins and Outs of Neutropenia: Evidence Based Practice for<br />
Ambulatory and Inpatient Care.”<br />
Pete Lawrence, RN, OCN, infusion nurse at Kennestone OPIC; Gigi Bellamy,<br />
RN, BSN, nurse navigator coordinator; Maureen Lavelle, BSN, RN, OCN,<br />
Paulding radiation; Kazue Okawachi, RN, OCN and Suzie Allen, RN, OCN,<br />
both from Kennestone inpatient, also attended the conference.<br />
Barb Wilson, MS, RN,<br />
AOCN, ACNS-BC<br />
SUMMER <strong>2016</strong> • ISSUE 4 06
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