Oncology Nursing Society presents Lifetime Achievement Award
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Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, CHPN, FAAN, FPCN, received Oncology Nursing Society’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award.
The award, presented annually at ONS Congress, recognizes a society member who has made outstanding contributions to the field of oncology nursing and has been a leader within the society and community.
Ferrell is director of the division of nursing research and education at City of Hope. She also is principal investigator of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium project, which has trained more than 1 million nurses and other clinicians around the world in palliative care and end-of-life care.
“I am so honored to receive this award from ONS,” Ferrell said in a press release. “It has been a great privilege to be a part of oncology nursing for the past 44 years and to witness the role of nursing in improving care for patients and families.”
Ferrell began her career in 1977 as a staff nurse in a 40-bed oncology unit. She received a PhD in nursing focusing on palliative care, and joined City of Hope in 1989 as nurse scientist in oncology.
She has received more than $70 million in grant funding as a principal investigator.
“Betty Ferrell’s career-long contributions to palliative care and cancer survivorship are ingrained in the core of oncology nursing practice. Her influence has improved the quality of life for millions with cancer across the globe,” Oncology Nursing Society President Nancy Houlihan, MA, RN, AOCN, said in the release. “She is truly a legend to oncology nurses for guiding our commitment to the ongoing needs of patients with cancer, and no one is more deserving of the ONS Lifetime Achievement award than she is.”
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