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“Oftentimes, local policy changes are the ones that are going to influence your day-to-day practice most directly—and are the ones where your voice has the most power because you’re closer to the decision makers. There are so many ways for nurses to become involved in advocacy, and it can be simple things just like voting or being knowledgeable on the issues,” Erica Fischer-Cartlidge, DNP, RN, AOCNS®, EBP-C, chief clinical officer at ONS, told Lenise Taylor, MN, RN, AOCNS®, BMTCN®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Fischer-Cartlidge explained how she discovered advocacy and encouraged oncology nurses to get involved at multiple levels and speak out for their colleagues and patients. You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode by completing the evaluation linked below.

ONS video on CAR T-cell therapy. 

Watch this ONS video on obtaining blood cultures from a central line video. 

Watch this ONS interview with Megan Harvey, clinical nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, on CAR T-cell therapy.

“There’s nothing more we can do.” How often do patients with cancer hear those words? But ONS member Reanne Booker, RN, MN, a nurse practitioner at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, believes differently: “I feel there’s always more that we can do, even if cure is no longer possible.” Booker talks with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, about how radiation is used in palliative and end-of-life care and oncology nurses’ role in helping patients and providers overcome misconceptions to increase access and use. She also presented on the topic at the 47th Annual ONS Congress® in Anaheim, CA, on April 30, 2022; her session is linked in the episode notes. You can also earn free NCPD contact hours by completing the evaluation linked in the episode notes. 

“Before you even get started, you have to do your checks. Just like you do with a regular systemic infusion. You’re going to be doing your physical assessment prior to starting your patient, looking at your orders to make sure everything looks right, looking at the lab work,” ONS member Emoke Karonis, MSN, RN, CRNI, clinical nurse specialist fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, said. “You have to be absolutely sure that day that patient is presenting to you in your suite, you’re definitely giving what is expected for that day.” Karonis was speaking to Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, about oncology nursing considerations for intraperitoneal chemotherapy administration. You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode and completing the evaluation linked below.

Are you preparing to take the blood and marrow transplant certified nurse (BMTCN®) examination? The Oncology Nursing Society’s BMTCN® Certification Review Manual (second edition) provides nurses with the necessary education for the certification examination.  

Breast Care Certification Review, Second Edition is the ultimate learning package designed to help prepare oncology nurses to become certified in caring for patients with breast cancer.