Episode 181: Oncologic Emergencies 101: Febrile Neutropenia

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. 

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod

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Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• NCPD contact hours are not available for this episode.
• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 176: Oncologic Emergencies 101: Cytokine Release Syndrome
• ONS Voice article: Oncology Nurses’ Role in Recognizing and Addressing Oncologic Emergencies
• ONS Voice article: ONS Members See Beyond Barriers and Understand Benefits of Guidelines
• ONS Voice article: Put Evidence Into Practice to Prevent Infection
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Febrile Neutropenia: Decreasing Time to Antibiotic Administration in a Community Hospital Emergency Department
• ONS book: Understanding and Managing Oncologic Emergencies: A Resource for Nurses (third edition)
• ONS Communities thread on febrile neutropenia and COVID-19
• ONS course: Essentials in Oncologic Emergencies for the Advanced Practice Provider
• ONS course: Oncologic Emergencies
• ONS course: Treatment and Symptom Management—Oncology RN
• ONS Huddle Cards™
• ONS Putting Evidence Into Practice resources on prevention of infection for general and post-transplant patient populations
• American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines on febrile neutropenia
• Surviving Sepsis campaign

To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities.

To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email pubONSVoice@ons.org.

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