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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 Bridge™ conference in September 2020; an ONS Voice article summarizing that session is linked in the episode notes. She also studied the use of heparin versus saline flushes for her DNP project.

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.

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.

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.

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 syndrome. Pfizer provided support for this podcast episode through an educational grant. This podcast is part of a project, including two videos, two case studies, and other clinical practice resources that will be released in July 2021. 

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. Amgen sponsored this podcast episode, which is brought to you by ONS.

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.

ONS President Laura Fennimore, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, and ONS Chief Executive Officer Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN, discuss the Year of the Nurse and Midwife—as 2020 is designated by the World Health Organization—and what it means for the oncology nursing profession. They also talk about ONS’s 45th anniversary in 2020, how the Society plans to celebrate and elevate oncology nursing, and ways nurses can champion their profession through the Year of the Nurse and beyond.

ONS member Diane Otte, MSN, RN, OCN®, president of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) Board of Directors, staff nurse at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, WI, and member of the Southeast Minnesota ONS Chapter, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss ways to engage employers in the certification process, how nurses can advocate for certification at their institution, and programs from ONCC that can help simplify the certification process.

Kristine B. LeFebvre, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, AOCN®, ONS oncology clinical specialist, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss chemotherapy administration in non-oncology settings, how oncology nurses can support their non-oncology colleagues, and ways institutions are addressing the demand for oncology RNs in a variety of settings.