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11/21/09




Lymphedema Management

Welcome to the Lymphedema Management SIG!

Greetings to all Lymphedema Management SIG members and to others interested in lymphedema management! 

We are pleased that you are exploring the website. Here you will be able to find up-to-date information about national issues related to lymphedema management, legislation, and other areas of interest to you.  As you browse through the site please think about how it could better meet your needs and send your ideas for improvement to Sheila.Ridner@Vanderbilt.edu. Please consider using the discussion feature of this site to chat about our common interests and concerns. Our SIG newsletters are online now and this makes them available to you and, if need be, your patients for printing. We hope you are reading them and strongly encourage you to send us articles for potential publication in the newsletter. What a great opportunity to bring these issues to a discussion on the web!  We also want to know how can we help you become involved in the Lymphedema Management SIG. Current SIG leaders are willing to mentor other interested in becoming  Co-ordinator, historian, web administrator, and/or editor of the newsletter.



SIG Mentoring Program

It is a time to focus on the need for mentoring and to assure a brighter future. You can partricipate by becoming a mentor or mentee through the Lymphedema SIG Mentoring Program.

Did you know that the Breast Care SIG provides a formal mentoring program for oncology nurse professionals? Joining is easy. To enroll, visit www.3creekmentoring.com/ONS to start the process.

Mentoring relationships officially begin once a mentee contacts a prospective mentor (through the online program) and both parties agree to a mentoring arrangement. These relationships are ongoing with the majority of communication occurring by email and through the online program. However, mentors and mentees may also connect in-person or by telephone (at their own expense) as deemed appropriate and convenient for them.

Mentoring relationships can be either short or long in duration. However, participants should be willing to make a minimum commitment of two hours per month to the program. If at anytime an arrangement is not meeting the desired expectations, a mentor or mentee can be paired with another member participating in the program.

Please direct any questions to membership@ons.org.



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