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Cardiac tamponade typically presents gradually over time, and it can happen multiple times throughout a patient’s cancer care journey. Oncology nurses must stay cognizant of the warning signs and management approaches. ONS member Roberta Kaplow, RN, PhD, CCRN, AOCNS^®, clinical nurse specialist at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA, and member of the Metro Atlanta ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the latest nursing management and prevention strategies for cardiac tamponade. This episode is part of a series about oncologic emergencies; the previous ones are linked in the episode notes.

ONS member Diane Cope, PhD, ARNP-BC, AOCNP^®, director of nursing and oncology nurse practitioner at Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute in Fort Myers, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss tumor lysis syndrome and its current prevention and management strategies. This episode is part of a series about oncologic emergencies; the previous episodes are also linked in the episode notes. The advertising messages in this episode are paid for by clonoSEQ.

Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) affects about 30% of all patients with cancer. Patients with breast cancer that has metastasized to bone and patients with squamous cell lung cancer together account for more than half of all HCM cases. ONS member Marcelle Kaplan, RN, MS, CNS, CBCN^®–Emeritus, AOCN^®–Emeritus, breast oncology clinical specialist, and Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, discuss hypercalcemia of malignancy and its current treatment strategies. This episode is part of a series about oncologic emergencies; the other episodes are linked in the episode notes. 

ONS member Susan Bruce, MSN, RN, AOCNS^®, clinical nurse specialist at Duke Raleigh Cancer Center in North Carolina and member of the North Carolina Triangle ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss febrile neutropenia and nursing considerations for its management and prevention. This episode is part of an ongoing series about oncologic emergencies; the previous episode is linked in the episode notes. The advertising messages in this episode are brought to you by G1 Therapeutics, Inc. 

ONS member Theresa Latchford, RN, MS, AOCNS^®, BMTCN^®, clinical nurse specialist at Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, CA, and member of the Silicon Valley ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss cytokine release syndrome and its associated immunotherapies. This episode is part of a new series about oncologic emergencies. We’ll add a link to future episodes in the show notes after the second episode next month.

Early detection of bleeding directly affects survival rates for patients with cancer, but oncology nurses can improve outcomes by providing education and treatment for oncologic emergencies like thrombosis. ONS member Carrie Moore, MSN, OCN^®, NE-BC, nurse manager at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and member of the South Carolina Low Country ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss bleeding disorders and thrombosis and their current management and treatment strategies. This episode is part of a series about oncologic emergencies; the previous episodes are linked in the episode notes.

In celebration of Oncology Nursing Month in May, nine ONS members share their testimonies on why they love the work that they do and why they can’t imagine any other calling. Today’s guest speakers, in order of appearance, are Renee Yanke, ARNP, MN, AOCN®, Susan Yackzan, PhD, APRN, MSN, AOCN®, Hayley Dunnack, BSN, CMS-RN, OCN®, PhD, Ann Malone Berger, PhD, APRN, AOCNS®, FAAN, Danya Garner, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, OCN®, Michele Gaguski, MSN, RN, AOCN®, NE-BC, APN-C, Charmaine A. McKie, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN®, CCRN-K, Megha Shah, BSN, RN, OCN®, and Rachel Hirschey, PhD, RN.

“Once patients come out on the other side, nursing care involves understanding how to triage their disease: If they call you with concerns, how would you address those concerns? How would you find out if there’s something going on? Just given how acute the onset is, a lot of these patients have some post-traumatic stress disorder, so there’s a lot of worried-well conversations, and in outpatients you need to figure out how to coordinate future care given their history of thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP),” ONS member Amanda Weatherford, MSN, RN, OCN^®, clinical nurse coordinator at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, WA, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS^®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS in a conversation about nursing considerations to manage TTP.

“Consider your patient’s diagnosis. What kind of cancer do they have? And ask yourself, ‘Could this patient be in disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)? Is there something more that we should be doing or looking at?’” Leslie Smith, RN, APRN-CNS, DNP, BMTCN^®, AOCNS^®, oncology clinical specialist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS^®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Smith discussed the nursing considerations for the management of DIC.

“It’s actually the nurse who most often first identifies the subtle signs of sepsis in patients. Trust your clinical judgement,” ONS member Laura Zitella, MSc, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN^®, nurse practitioner at the University of California, San Francisco, told listeners during a conversation with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Zitella explained the nursing and management considerations for febrile neutropenia and what to do if it transitions into sepsis.