Director-at-Large Member

Sharon Bergeron - BSN RN CPON®
2022-2025

Current Position

Research Nurse Educator
CHOC Children’s Hospital
Orange, CA

APHON Membership

APHON Member Since 1983

Local Chapter Membership

APHON–Southern California Member Since 1983

Education

BSN, 1981, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Contributions

APHON National

APHON Counts
- Column Author
  - Launching an Innovative Home Administration Program for the Delivery of a Unique Targeted Agent Treating Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, 2019
  - Targeted Immunotherapy: Launching an Effective Education and Administration Strategy for the Bedside Pediatric Oncology Nurse,” 2018
  - “The High Risk for Obesity in Pediatric Oncology Patient Receiving Isotretinoin,” 2009
- Editor, 2010-2015
- Column Editor: Treatment Innovations, 2009-2010
Annual Conference
- Poster Presenter; “Enhanced Patient Experience Through Implementation of an Innovative, Multidisciplinary Blinatumomab Home Administration Program,” 2020
- Poster Presenter: “Implementing An Adolescent and Young Adult Mentor Retreat and Education Curriculum: Wise Investment for Emerging AYA Patient Leaders,” 2018
- Poster Presenter: “Building the Ideal Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Program Model to Empower AYA Cancer Patients to Succeed, Lead and Thrive,” 2018
- Poster Presenter: “Implementation of a Safety Infusion Procedure for IV PEG-Asparaginase” 2016
- Poster Presenter: “The Impact of an AYA Oncology Activity Specialist on AYA Cancer Patients,” 2016
- Poster Presenter, Co-Author: “Rock the Halls”: A Unique Fitness Program for Adolescents and Young Adults” 2016
- Preconference Session Presenter: “Targeted Immunotherapy: Launching an Effective Education and Administration Strategy for the Bedside Pediatric Oncology Nurse,” 2016
- Speaker: Nursing Education Symposium-United Therapeutics, “Decision Making in High-Risk Neuroblastoma,” 2015
- Speaker: Nursing Education Symposium- BTG International, Inc., “Glucarpidase for the Treatment of Methotrexate Toxicity,” 2014
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
- Co-Author, 2017
  - “Dinutuximab: A Novel Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Pediatric Patients with High Risk Neuroblastoma”
Nominating Committee: Member & Chairperson, 2007-2010
Annual Conference Program Planning Committee:
- Member, 2007-2010
- Chairperson, 1990
Awards
- APHON Counts Writing Award, 2019
- Dr. Patricia Greene Leadership Award, 2012
Evidence-Based Practice/Research Committee: Chairperson, 1995-1997
Local Chapter Committee: Vice-Chair, 1991-1995

APHON Local Chapter

Southern California Chapter
- Chapter President
  - 2015-2019
  - 1987-1991
- Chapter Secretary
  - 2007-2011
  - 1985-1986
- Annual Conference Chairperson, 1994-1995
- Annual Conference Presenter
  - Annual SCAPHON Conference: “The Use of Novel Targeted Agents in Pediatric Oncology: Putting the Pieces Together for the Bedside Nurse,” 2014
  - Annual SCAPHON Conference: Targeted Immunotherapy-The New Arsenal in the Treatment of Pediatric Leukemia, 2022
- Awards
  - Kathy Ruccione Founder’s Award for Excellence in Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 2011

Other Nursing Leadership

Annual Conference
- Oncology Nursing Society, 2018
  - “Fostering Safe Administration of Clinical Trial Treatments”
Professional Organizations
- Children’s Oncology Group
  - Protocol Core Group Nurse, COG DVL Protocol Core Group, 2015-present
  - Nursing Nominating Committee member and chair 2015-2022
Publications
- Oncologists: Co-Author, 2017
  - “Consensus Guideline for the Use of Glucarpidase in Patients with High Dose Methotrexate Induced Acute Kidney Injury and Delayed Methotrexate Clearnance”
- Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing: Co-Author, 2017
  - “Asparaginase Toxicities: Identification and Management in Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia”
- “Children and their Families: The Continuum of Nursing Care 3rd Edition,” 2014
  - Contributing book author:Chapter 22: “The Child with a Malignancy”
- Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Author, 2019
  - Empowering Adolescents and Young Adults to Support, Lead, and Thrive: Development and Validation of an AYA Oncology Child life Program