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Linda Penwarden, MN, RN, AOCN®, clinical nurse specialist, joins ONS staff writer, Chris Pirschel, to discuss the importance of supportive oncology programs for patients with cancer. Learn more about the ways patients can benefit from supportive care, how providers can address the individual needs of their patients, and how oncology nurses can make a difference for patients and their families.

“These patients have very intense regimens of chemotherapy. They’re tired a lot of the time. Between their oral chemotherapy, their IV chemotherapy, their hospitalizations, and then coming in. Everything takes longer than we would like it to for these patients. They are long days to come in for a procedure,” ONS member Rebekah Rabinowitz, RN, BSN, OCN®, neuro-oncology nurse at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a discussion about nursing considerations for intraventricular and intrathecal administration.

Oncology nurses can dismantle ageism by providing person-centered care to all patients, no matter their age. ONS member Sarah H. Kagan PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, AOCN®, FGSA, FAAN, Lucy Walker Honorary Term Professor of Gerontological Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania and gerontology clinical nurse specialist in the Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, both in Philadelphia, and member of the Philadelphia ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss nursing considerations for older patients with cancer.

ONS member Debi Boyle, RN, MSN, AOCNS®, FAAN, an oncology clinical nurse specialist with Advanced Oncology Nursing Resources in Huntington Beach, CA, member of the Orange County ONS Chapter, and author of the recently published book, The Caregiver’s Companion, sits down with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how nurses can support caregivers, safe handling and precautions for in the home, and misconceptions about the caregiver’s role. 

“It’s incumbent on us as nurses to stay informed about these newly approved drugs or new indications in drugs because we’re the front line in helping these patients manage adverse events,” Teresa Knoop, MSN, RN, AOCN®, nurse consultant in Nashville, TN, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a conversation about the latest updates and approvals in oncology pharmacology.

“Evidence-based practice is asking the right clinical question, searching the evidence and then really appraising and determining what is the quality of the evidence, and synthesizing it to move forward with a recommendation or a possible implementation plan,” Caroline Clark, MSN, APRN, OCN®, AG-CNS, director of evidence-based practice and inquiry at ONS, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGNCS-BC, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a discussion about the nurse’s role in evidence-based oncology care.

“The bell can have so much more meaning and significance than just the end of treatment. So, work with your patients to define what the significance of that bell can mean,” ONS member Monica Cfarku, RN, MSN, BMTCN®, CCM, NE-BC, associate vice president and chief of oncology nursing at Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, NC, and member of the North Carolina Triangle ONS Chapter, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Cfarku discussed the ethics of the bell that patients with cancer ring following the completion of their treatment and how her institution has redefined the bell’s ritual.

Nancy Houlihan, MA, RN, AOCN®, joins ONS’s Pamela Ginex, EdD, MPH, RN, OCN®, to examine the issues facing family caregivers of patients with cancer. They discuss the burden of cancer on caregivers, the support and resources available to them, and how oncology nurses can advocate for family caregivers throughout the cancer journey.

Cardio-oncology care is complex, and social determinants of health may create life-threatening disparities for many patients. ONS member Lakeshia Cousin, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing in Gainesville and member of the Greater Tampa ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss cardio-oncology survivorship, the influence of social determinants of health, and how nurses can promote equity in care to improve outcomes for their patients. 

Richard Pazdur, MD, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE), joins Lisa Kennedy Sheldon, PhD, APRN, AOCNP®, FAAN, ONS’s clinical and scientific affairs liaison, to discuss oncology nurses’ contributions to cancer care, OCE’s initiatives, and the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic’s implications for oncology drug approvals.