Episode 50: Difficult Decisions in Childhood Cancer

ONS member Pam Hinds, RN, PhD, FAAN, 2019 ONS Congress Mara Mogenson Flaherty lecturer, director of nursing research and quality outcomes at Children’s National Health System, and professor of pediatrics at George Washington University in Washington, DC, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss navigating difficult decisions in pediatric oncology, working with parents of seriously ill children, and how nurses support families during this cancer journey.

Episode Notes:

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities.
• How Oncology Nurses Can Support Childhood Cancer Survivors
• When a Child Is Dying, Parents Need to Hear “We’ve Done Everything We Could”
• Pediatric resources on ONS.org
• Episode 29: Why Pediatric Patients With Cancer Need Creative Play

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