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“It’s the oncology nurse who might be the only cheerleader this person has to keep them motivated moving forward. We need to make sure our patients’ motivation and competence stay high so that they can stay on this journey of quitting,” ONS member Maureen O’Brien, MS, RN, PMHCNS, NCTTP, a certified tobacco treatment specialist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGNCS-BC, AOCNS^®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a discussion about the benefits of smoking cessation for patients with cancer and how oncology nurses can encourage reduction or quit attempts and support their patients through the process.

“We found that nurses still needed clarity of terminology and the rationale for germline, somatic, and homologous recombination deficiency testing,” ONS member Paula Anastasia, MN, RN, AOCN^®, clinical nurse specialist for UCLA Health in Los Angeles, CA, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS^®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Anastasia discussed the findings of a July 2022 ONS focus group that she facilitated on PARP inhibitor therapy, biomarker testing and terminology, and oral medication adherence for patients with ovarian cancer. This podcast episode is supported by a sponsorship from AstraZeneca. ONS is solely responsible for the criteria, objectives, content, quality, and scientific integrity of its programs and publications.

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Dede Sweeney, ONS’s director of government affairs, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss Congress’s plan to address high prescription drug costs, what the current administration is doing about it, what nurses can do to help their patients, and more.