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Nurses’ association names president-elect
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The Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses announced Kathleen Ruccione, PhD, MPH, RN, CPON, FAAN, will serve as president-elect for 2014-15.
Ruccione — who will assume the association’s presidency in September 2015 — is director of the HOPE Resource Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases.
She has been a member of APHON for more than 30 years and founded its Southern California chapter in 1982. She has served on the association’s research committee and nominating committee, as well as chair of the local chapter committee. She also served as keynote speaker at three APHON annual conferences.
“I genuinely believe in APHON’s mission, and enjoy working with outstanding peds hem-onc nurses in my practice setting every day,” Ruccione said in a press release. “With APHON members’ strong spirit, great intelligence, humanism, and creative spark, I believe we can show the world what we contribute to the care of children, adolescents and young adults (AYAs) during and after treatment for cancer or serious blood disease.”