President

Dyane Bunnell - DNP APRN AOCNS® CPON® NPD-BC
2023-2025

Current Position

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Nemours Childrens Hospital Wilmington, DE

APHON Membership

APHON Member Since 2000

Local Chapter Membership

APHON–First State Chapter since 2006

Education

  • DNP, 2023, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
  • MSN, 2002, Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
  • BSN, 1982, Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Contributions

APHON National

  • APHON Counts: editor, 2016–present
  • Mentoring Program: mentor, 2014–present
  • Steering Council: member, 2013–present
  • APHON Pediatric Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Program: instructor, 2007–present
  • 2016 Annual conference:
    • Paper presenter: Pathway to Wellness: Positively Engaging Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, 2016
    • Podium presenter: “The Code of Ethics for Nursing: A Contemporary Context,”2016
    • Poster presenter
      • Spreading the Success of a BBMT Unit’s Implementation of the Pediatric Early Warning Score to Improve Hospital-Wide Patient Outcomes, 2014

APHON Local Chapter

  • First State Chapter: director of education, 2006–2012, 2016–present
  • Regional APHON Conference
    • Planning Committee: member, 2011–present
    • Panel and poster presenter, 2015–2016
      • Spreading the Success of a BBMT Unit’s Implementation of the Pediatric Early Warning Score to Improve Hospital-Wide Patient Outcomes
  • First State Chapter: president, 2012–2016

Other Nursing Leadership

  • Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium: Nursing Discipline Committee member, 2014–present
  • Nemours
    • Ethics and Patient’s Rights Committee: co-chair, 2012–present
    • Prom for Patients with Cancer and Blood Disorders: sub-committee chair, 2011–present
    • Chemotherapy Safety Committee: chair, 2004–present
  • Children’s Oncology Group: responsible investigator for nursing, 2007–present
  • Society of Pediatric Nursing/Nursing of Children Network – NCN Regional Conference: podium presenter
    • Childhood Cancer: Navigating a Course Toward Cure, 2016
    • Ethical Issues in Pediatric Palliative Care, 2014