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Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), one of the 27 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health, joins Nancy Houlihan, MA, RN, AOCN®, ONS president, to discuss PubMed, NLM’s free database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics, and NLM’s strategic plan for leveraging the library’s resources to accelerate data-driven health care.  

Learn more about the FDA Medwatch program and how nurses can recognize and report adverse events through the Recognize it; Report it online resource.

“Sometimes you think, ‘Oh, these are just bladder patients; it’s different.’ But it might not be different. They still have a cancer diagnosis; this is still going to be a very fearful and unsettling time for that patient and their caregivers,” Tiffany Kurtz, MSN, RN, OCN®, manager of outpatient oncology at Summa Health Cancer Institute in Akron, OH, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Kurtz discussed intravesical administration and oncology nurses’ role in the treatment. You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode and completing the evaluation linked below.

“Saline is very benign and doesn’t have any risk of harm for the patient. They’re small doses, so we’re not worried about sodium or anything. The risk of heparin is actually quite extensive,” MiKaela Olsen, DNP, APRN-CNS, AOCNS®, FAAN, clinical program director in oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, MD, told Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a conversation about the latest evidence surrounding central venous catheter flushing solutions and techniques. You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode by completing the evaluation linked below.

“What does the patient need to know? What are their knowledge gaps? What are they most in need of? Once you determine the areas you need to pinpoint, branded or nonbranded, then there’s resources out there for you to use,” Chelsea Backler, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, VA-BC, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, told Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Backler explained the differences between branded and nonbranded patient education resources, ways for oncology nurses to identify credible resources, and ONS’s Seal of Approval Program for branded and nonbranded resources. You can earn free NCPD contact hours by completing the evaluation linked below.

The inflating price tag of cancer care means that more patients are facing the difficult choice of paying for everyday needs or their cancer treatment. Matthew Banegas, PhD, MPH, MS, associate professor of radiation medicine and applied sciences at the University of California San Diego and a member of Moores Cancer Center’s Cancer Control Program, talks with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, about COVID-driven financial hardship and its implications for cancer care. Banegas presented about the topic at the 47th Annual ONS Congress in Anaheim, CA, on April 30, 2022; his session is linked in the episode notes. You can also earn free NCPD contact hours by completing the evaluation linked in the episode notes.   

Watch this ONS video on adoptive T-cell transfer for B-cell malignancies. 

“Sometimes in our daily routine of taking care of patients, it’s more about looking at the treatment side effects. But look at those wide array of symptoms that can present with an oncologic emergency. They will kind of sneak up on you, and as an oncology nurse, we all need to be educated about them,” ONS member Diane Cope, PhD, APRN, BC, AOCNP®, director of nursing and oncology nurse practitioner at Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute in Fort Myers told Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. During this episode, Cope explained the clinical manifestations associated with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) and its medical and nursing interventions. The episode is part of a series about oncologic emergencies; the previous episodes are linked below. You can also earn free NCPD contact hours by completing the evaluation linked below.

Elevated intracranial pressure is a life-threatening cancer complication, but oncology nurses can take steps to prevent and recognize it in their patients. ONS member Mary Elizabeth Davis, DNP, RN, AOCNS®, clinical nurse specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, and member of the New York City ONS Chapter, talks with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, about the latest nursing strategies for increased intracranial pressure, a situation that can occur with a brain tumor, abscess, infection, or other conditions that increases or obstructs cerebrospinal fluid or blood flow in the brain. This episode is part of a series about oncologic emergencies; the previous episodes are linked in the episode notes. You can also earn free NCPD contact hours by completing the evaluation linked in the episode notes.