ONS members Kristin Daly, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, medical oncology nurse practitioner at the Siteman Cancer Center at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, and Jessica Pforr, RN, AOCNP®, nurse practitioner at Mon Medical Center in Morgantown, WV, join Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss biomarker testing, interpreting test results, and how nurse practitioners working in academic and community settings can communicate testing results t...
Nov 05, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 180
ONS member Kristi Orbaugh, RN, MSN, RNP, AOCN®, nurse practitioner for Community Hospital Oncology Physicians in Indianapolis, IN, and member of the Central Indiana ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss patient education prior to and during immunotherapy. This is a continued conversation from a previous episode that discussed findings from an ONS focus group that Orbaugh facilitated in August 2021; we've linked that in the episode notes. T...
Oct 29, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 179
Marcus Henderson, MSN, RN, lecturer from the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Family and Community Health, director-at-large on the American Nurses Association's board of directors, and member of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how to eradicate discrimination and inequity among the nursing profession. Henderson presented on the topic during his keynote for the ONS Bridge™ virtual con...
Oct 22, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 178
ONS member Cindy Dionysus, MSN, RN, OCN®, infusion nurse at Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin, MN, and nursing instructor at Central Lake College in Brainerd, MN, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how oncology nurses can safely administer etoposide chemotherapy and manage its associated adverse events. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion. The others are linked in the episode notes. The advertising m...
Oct 15, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 177
ONS member Theresa Latchford, RN, MS, AOCNS®, BMTCN®, clinical nurse specialist at Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, CA, and member of the Silicon Valley ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss cytokine release syndrome and its associated immunotherapies. This episode is part of a new series about oncologic emergencies. We'll add a link to future episodes in the show notes after the second episode next month. Music Credit: " Fireflies and S...
Oct 08, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 176
ONS member Erica Fischer-Cartlidge, DNP, CNS, CBCN®, AOCNS®, interim director of nursing practice at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and three other ONS leaders join Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the importance of mentorship in nursing, mentoring approaches and recommendations, and benefits for mentors and mentees. Fischer-Cartlidge is the 2021 recipient of the Oncology Nursing Foundation's Connie Henke Yarbro Excellence in C...
Oct 01, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 175
ONS member Marianne Davies, DNP, ACNP, AOCNP®, FAAN, nurse practitioner at the Smilow Cancer Center at the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate professor at the Yale University School of Nursing, both in New Haven, CT, and member of the Central Connecticut ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how oncology nurses can safely administer pembrolizumab immunotherapy and manage its associated adverse events. This episode is part of an...
Sep 24, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 174
ONS member Ellen Olson, RN, MS, CPNP, BMTCN®, CPHON®, bone marrow transplant pediatric nurse practitioner at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Aflac Cancer and the Blood Disorder Service in Emory University's Department of Pediatrics, both in Georgia, and member of the Metro Atlanta ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss stem cell transplantation as a treatment option for pediatric sickle cell disease. Music Credit: " Fireflies and Stardust ...
Sep 17, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 173
ONS member Kristi Orbaugh, RN, MSN, RNP, AOCN®, nurse practitioner for Community Hospital Oncology Physicians in Indianapolis, IN, and member of the Central Indiana ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss knowledge gaps in clinical practice, particularly related to newer precision medicine approaches. Orbaugh is facilitating an ongoing ONS focus group on the topic. The latest session, which took place in August 2021, discussed immuno-oncolog...
Sep 10, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 172
ONS member Kerensa Marty, RN, MSN, OCN®, manager of training and education at Sarah Cannon, the cancer institute of HCA Healthcare in Nashville, TN, and board member of the Middle Tennessee ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the critical need for genomics in oncology nursing education and strategies for integrating it from undergrad classes to staff training and beyond. AstraZeneca sponsored this podcast episode, which is brought to you...
Sep 03, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 171
ONS member Naomi Cazeau, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's outpatient bone marrow transplant unit in New York City and member of the New York City ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss haploidentical stem cell transplants to increase donor options for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Music Credit: " Fireflies and Stardust " by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons...
Aug 27, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 170
ONS member Cyndy Simonson, MS, APRN-BC, AOCN®, oncology nurse practitioner who is the nursing editor at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, NC, and member of the North Carolina Triangle ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss biomarker testing for patients with cancer and how it affects targeted therapy regimens during treatment. The advertising messages in this episode are paid for by G1 Therapeutics, Inc. Episode Notes Check out these resour...
Aug 20, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 169
ONS member Rae Norrod, MS, RN, CNS, AOCN®, oncology service line manager at Kettering Health Network in Ohio and member of the West Central Ohio ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how oncology nurses can safely administer irinotecan chemotherapy and manage its associated side effects and adverse events. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion. The others are linked in the episode notes. Music Cr...
Aug 13, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 168
ONS member Barb Henry, DNP, APRN-BC, board-certified psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist with a focus on psycho-oncology and member of the Cincinnati Tri-State ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss patients with cancer who have a concurrent psychiatric diagnosis, ways for oncology nurses to coordinate care to manage this unique population, and the importance of nurse self-care to minimize compassion fatigue. Henry presented...
Aug 06, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 167
ONS member Ellyn Matthews, PhD, RN, AOCNS®, CBSM, FAAN, professor at Regis University School of Nursing in Denver and member of the High Plains ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss cognitive behavioral interventions, how they can help patients with cancer, and why oncology nurses are ideally positioned to deliver them. Ellyn and her colleagues have evaluated cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in rural breast cancer survivors, deliv...
Jul 30, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 166
ONS member Judy Paice, PhD, RN, director of the cancer pain program in the division of hematology-oncology and research professor of medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL, and member of the Chicago ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss prescribing and using opioids to manage cancer pain. Judy is presenting on the topic during the second annual ONS BridgeTM in September 2021. Click the link in the ...
Jul 23, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 165
ONS member Rebekah Flynn, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, CNE, OCN®, associate director of quality improvement and education at the Washington University Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis, MO, and board president of the St. Louis ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how to safely administer ifosfamide chemotherapy infusions. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion. The others are linked in the episo...
Jul 16, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 164
ONS member Donna Bydlon, BSN, RN, OCN®, network director of infusion services at St. Luke's University Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem, PA, and member of the Greater Lehigh Valley ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss nursing considerations for monoclonal antibodies to treat cancer and COVID-19 and how her institution responded to the pandemic. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion. Othe...
Jul 14, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 144
ONS member Joanne Kelly, RN, BSN, OCN®, blood and marrow transplant coordinator at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in Missouri and member of the St. Louis ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss what oncology nurses need to know about hematopoietic stem cell transplant donor selection and testing. Music Credit: " Fireflies and Stardust " by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Earn 0.75 contact hours of...
Jul 09, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 163
ONS member MiKaela Olsen, DNP, APRN-CNS, AOCNS®, FAAN, clinical program director for oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, MD, and member of the Greater Baltimore and Mid-Chesapeake Bay ONS chapters, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss preventing central line–associated bloodstream infections and other best practices for central lines and ports. Olsen presented on the topic during the inaugural ONS Br...
Jul 02, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 162
ONS member Seth Eisenberg, RN, ASN, OCN®, BMTCN®, professional practice coordinator of infusion services at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Washington and member of the Puget Sound ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how to safely administer bevacizumab. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion. The others are linked in the episode notes. Music Credit: " Fireflies and Stardust " by Kevin MacLeod L...
Jun 25, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 161
ONS member Jennifer Wolfe, MSN, RN, OCN®, director of the pediatric hematology and oncology unit at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick and member of the New York City ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss innovative training tools, strategies, and resources for oncology nurse staff education. Music Credit: " Fireflies and Stardust " by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 The planners and fa...
Jun 18, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 160
ONS member Rae Norrod, MS, RN, AOCN®, CNS, manager of the oncology service line at Kettering Health Network in Kettering, OH, and member of the West Central Ohio ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how to safely administer bleomycin chemotherapy and what oncology nurses need to know. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion. Other series' episodes are linked in the episode notes. Music Credit: " F...
Jun 11, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 159
ONS member Ilene Comeras Lattimer, BSN, RN, OCN®, CCRC, clinical research specialist at the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute in Columbus, OH, and director-at-large for the Columbus ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how oncology nurses can navigate patients with metastatic colorectal cancer through treatment and survivorship. Lattimer also speaks about her own family history of cancer and her connection to Lynch syndr...
Jun 04, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 158
ONS member Beth Sandy, MSN, CRNP, thoracic oncology nurse practitioner at the University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss key considerations for oncology nurses regarding biomarker testing for patients with non-small cell lung cancer. This podcast episode is sponsored by Amgen. Episode Notes Check out these resources from today's episode: NCPD contact hours are not available for this episode....
May 28, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 157
ONS member Kathleen Calzone, PhD, RN, AGN-BC, FAAN, research geneticist at the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research, member of the ONS Genomics Advisory Board, and member of the National Capital Area ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the history of genomics in cancer care. AstraZeneca sponsored this podcast episode, which is brought to you by ONS. Episode Notes Check out these resources from today's episode: NCPD cont...
May 21, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 156
ONS member Moe Schwartz, PharmD, BCOP, professor of pharmacy practice in the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and member of the Cincinnati Tri-State ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to answer the top pharmacy questions from oncology nurses. The advertising messages in this episode are paid for by G1 Therapeutics, Inc. Episode Notes Check out these resources from today's episode: NCPD contact hours are n...
May 14, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Andrew Ruplin, PharmD, clinical instructor and oncology clinical pharmacist at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the University of Washington in Seattle, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss new drug approvals for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer. Astellas and Pfizer Inc. provided support for this podcast episode through an educational grant. Music Credit: " Fireflies and Stardust " by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Att...
May 07, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 154
ONS member Kris Mathey, MS, FNP-C, AOCNP®, gastrointestinal medical oncology nurse practitioner at the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute in Columbus, OH, and member of the Columbus ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and nursing management of metastatic colorectal cancer. Pfizer provided support for this podcast episode through an educational grant. Music Credit: " Fireflies and Stardust " by K...
Apr 30, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 153
ONS member Seth Eisenberg, RN, ASN, OCN®, BMTCN®, professional practice coordinator of infusion services at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Washington and member of the Puget Sound ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how to safely administer rituximab. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion; the others are linked in the episode notes. Music Credit: " Fireflies and Stardust " by Kevin MacLeod Licensed und...
Apr 23, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 152