Oncology Social Work Network - Puget Sound

08/29/2016

We hope you will join us for our upcoming CE Event on Thursday September 1 at the VA Puget Sound. For the first time ever we will also host the event online too! The event will be 7:30a-9:00a and will feature the topic: "Providing Respectful Practice with LGBTQ Individuals" presented by Kyle Czeh, MSW and Dan Gross, LICSW. Please click the link to learn more and RSVP!

7:30-8:00 Networking, coffee, and light snacks 8:00-9:00 Continuing Education "Providing Respectful Practice with LGBTQ Individuals" presented by Kyle Czeh, MSW and Dan Gross, LICSW. This presentation will be available remotely. To connect via computer / LYNC click this link: https://meet.RTC.VA.G...

06/30/2016

We hope you will join us for the upcoming OSWN Planning Meeting on July 21, 7:30-9:00a at Cancer Lifeline. Please RSVP and come prepared to volunteer. We hope to see you there!

We invite you to a planning meeting for OSWN on July 21. This meeting is to try and engage the membership in participating in leadership roles within the organization and with planning some of our events. Here's why... We need your help! Running this organization is not difficult, but it does take...

09/30/2014

12/12/2013

Great networking meeting today everyone! Great to connect and hear about your fantastic work!

08/20/2013

More than 1 million teens have a parent who is a cancer survivor. Back-to-school can be tough for them, so use these tips to make the transition easier.

04/18/2013

Camp Sparkle Tacoma!!!

04/09/2013

When Susan had breast cancer , we heard a lot of lame remarks, but our favorite came from one of Susan's colleagues. She wanted, she needed, to visit Susan after the surgery, but Susan didn't feel like having visitors, and she said so. Her colleague's response? "This isn't just about you."

03/14/2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-duffy/telling-your-children-about-cancer_b_2581648.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share
Honesty is definitely the best policy!
~Michelle

A golden rule that we learned in kindergarten is still a golden rule: Honesty is the best policy. Both of my boys, ages 6 and 4, know that I had cancer, and they know that I have to get checked every year to make sure that it doesn't come back.

03/07/2013

What a fantastic OSWN meeting this morning!! A huge thank you to Gretchen Sewall, RN, LICSW and Lexie Bemis, RN from Seattle Reproductive Medicine. Very informative!

03/05/2013

02/05/2013

Join us for our evening Networking meeting TONIGHT at Gilda's Club Seattle. From 6pm-7:30pm, light refreshments served. Hope to see you there. :-)

01/08/2013

Happy New Year Oncology Social Workers!!! Our quarterly morning OSWN meeting will be Thursday, March 7th from 7:30am-9am meeting at Cancer Lifeline.
We will have our first evening networking meeting on Tuesday, February 5th from 6pm-7:30pm at Gilda's Club Seattle. We hope to see you in Feb. and/or March.