2015
- An ONS member is appointed by President Obama to the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB).
- ONS launches a Quality Clinical Data Registry (QCDR).
- ONS narrows its core values to three: innovation, excellence, and advocacy.
- PEP continues to evolve, publishing A Guide to Oncology Symptom Management (second edition).
2016
- ONS CEO Brenda Nevidjon, RN, MSN, FAAN, is invited by Vice President Biden's staff to be on the roundtable panel at Duke University to discuss the moonshot initiative. Also, Vice President Biden holds additional moonshot roundtables later in February in which two ONS members represent oncology nursing.
- ONS member and past president Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN®, FAAN, is appointed to the National Cancer Institute Blue Ribbon Panel to advise the NCAB as part of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative. She is the only nurse appointed.
- Three ONS members are appointed to the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative Blue Ribbon Panel working groups, which will identify major areas of opportunity that could lead to significant breakthroughs in cancer research.
- ONS secures office space in Washington, DC, to open the first satellite office on Capitol Hill.
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ONS launches ONS Communities—a virtual discussion platform for members to network and share information and experiences with colleagues across the country and around the world. The Communities were previously the ONS SIGs that were established in 1989.
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ONS and ASCO updated the national standards for the safe administration of chemotherapy drugs.
2006
- Paula Rieger, RN, MSN, CAE, FAAN becomes ONS's second chief executive officer.
- Putting Evidence into Practice (PEP) makes its debut in the form of cards.
- ONS and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) develop the first national standards for the safe administration of chemotherapy drugs, updated in 2016.
- OES is renamed ONS Edge, Inc.
- ONS gets new branding and introduces today’s logo.
2002
- ONS moves into its new national headquarters at 125 Enterprise Drive in Pittsburgh, PA.
1997
- The first issue of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (CJON) is published.
- The Oncology Nursing Press, Inc. publishes its first two commercial books.
1996
- Oncology Education Services, Inc. (OES) is incorporated.
1991
- Meeting a longstanding goal of the Society, an ONS member is appointed to the National Cancer Advisory Board by President George H.W. Bush.
1989
- Eighteen ONS special interest groups (SIGs) are established.
1988
- ONS becomes an American Nurses Association-accredited approver and provider of continuing education.
1987
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- The Oncology Nursing Press, Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of ONS, is incorporated.