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ONS member Danya Garner, MSN, RN-BC, OCN®, CCRN, nurse educator at MD Anderson Cancer Center and ONS Congress Planning Team member, joins Chris Pirschel to discuss what attendees need to know about ONS’s annual Congress, how to make the most of your time onsite, and so much more.

Alec Stone, ONS Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy in Washington, DC, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), how nurses are advocating for legislation, the status of PCHETA, and much more.

ONS member Virginia Bayer, BSN, RN, CCRP, research nurse supervisor at MD Anderson Cancer Center, joins ONS’s Barbara Lubejko, MS, RN, to discuss checkpoint inhibitors, their impact on patient care, what oncology nurses need to know about immunotherapies, and much more.

Jean Rosiak, DNP, RN, AOCNP®, CBCN®, former ONS director-at-large and currently a nurse practitioner at Aurora Medical Group in Wisconsin, joins ONS’s Barbara Lubejko, MS, RN, oncology clinical specialist, to discuss ONS’s international nursing efforts, her experiences working in other countries, how nurses can get involved globally, and much more.

In this third panel discussion from ONS’s Health Policy Summit in Washington DC, Alan Balch, PhD, Patient Advocate Foundation chief executive officer, Mike Ybarra, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, vice president of medical affairs for the Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers Association, and Jeannine Walston, a 20-year brain cancer survivor and patient advocate, discuss the challenges of tackling financial toxicity from an industry perspective, how nurses can advocate for patient resources, and much more.

Alec Stone, ONS Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy in Washington, DC, joins Chris Pirschel to discuss the importance of oncology nursing advocacy, how nurses can get involved at the local and national levels, ongoing ONS events in health policy, and much more.

ONS member and Congress Career Fair presenter Stephanie Barrett, RN, BSN, OCN®, national director of oncology clinical educators at IQVIA, joins ONS’s Chris Pirschel to discuss what oncology nurses need to know about effective job interviewing tactics, how to understand the interview process, common mistakes for job seekers, and more.

ONS member Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN-BC, OCN®, assistant professor and researcher at the University of North Carolina School of Nursing, clinical nurse at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, and chair of ONS’s Leadership Development Committee, joins Chelsea Backler, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the importance of nursing leadership roles, how to become an oncology nursing leader, and more.

In this second live panel discussion from ONS’s Health Policy Summit in Washington, DC, Georgetown University research professor JoAnn Valk, MA, and Judith Gorsuch, JD, vice president at Hart Health Strategies, discuss the differences between private and federal coverage, the complexities of navigating cancer costs, the important Medicare information nurses need to know, and much more.

ONS member Adrienne Schleisman, BSN, RN, staff nurse at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, NE, joins ONS staff writer Chris Pirschel to discuss working with pediatric patients with cancer, the importance of incorporating play into care, and many more ways to support and care for younger patients and their families.