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Lisa Kottschade, MSN, APRN, CNP, nurse practitioner at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss how immunotherapies are combined with other treatments, ways evolving treatment indications influence nursing practices, and how to keep patients safe when receiving combination immunotherapy treatments.

Watch this video on pseudoprogression and checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Annette Quinn, RN, MSN, program manager in the department of radiation at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and member of the ONS Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, joins ONS’s Kathleen Wiley, RN, MSN, AOCNS^®, director of oncology nursing practice, to discuss what all oncology nurses need to know about caring for patients receiving radiation treatment, the different types of radiation therapies, collaboration with medical oncology, and monitoring and managing radiation’s late effects in survivorship.   

The ONS Immunotherapy Patient Wallet Card is intended to communicate with healthcare providers who are not involved with a patient’s cancer treatment.

Refresh your knowledge on immunotherapy, an antineoplastic treatment modality. This card reviews immunotherapy, providing examples as well as its benefits, limitations, and targets. 

Guide to Cancer Immunotherapy was developed by an expert collection of healthcare professionals and nursing leaders to provide nurses with in-depth knowledge on the principles of immunology, cancer and the immune system, and the history of immunotherapy.

ONS member Laura Wood, RN, MSN, OCN^®, renal cancer research coordinator at the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center in Ohio and member of the Cleveland ONS Chapter, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss patient education for immune checkpoint inhibitors, overcoming communication barriers, and the best strategies for successful patient education.

ONS members Rowena (Moe) Schwartz, PharmD, BCOP, associate professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, and Krista Rubin, MS, FNP-BC, nurse practitioner at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, join Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss immunotherapy treatments, collaboration between nursing and pharmacy, and how to care for patients receiving immunotherapy agents.

ONS members Natalie Jackson, MSN, RN, Houston ONS Chapter, of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and Suzanne McGettigan, CRNP, Philadelphia ONS Chapter, from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, join Chris Pirschel, ONS’s staff writer, to discuss communication challenges in immunotherapy, how nurses can empower their patients to speak up, and effective strategies to foster communication among the medical team.

A Primer on the Role of the Immune System online course is intended to increase the understanding of immunology with application to current cancer treatment trends and facilitate management.