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Teresa Hagan Thomas, PhD, RN, assistant professor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing sits down with ONS Staff Writer, Chris Pirschel to discuss financial toxicity and its impact on patients with cancer.

Kathleen Wiley, RN, MSN, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, sits down with Megan Harvey, MSN, RN, clinical nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss Harvey's experience with CAR T-cell therapy. Find out more about this immunotherapy treatment in cancer care. 

Dede Sweeney, ONS’s director of government affairs, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss Congress’s plan to address high prescription drug costs, what the current administration is doing about it, what nurses can do to help their patients, and more.

ONS member Patricia Friend, PhD, APRN-CNS, AOCNS®, AGN-BC, associate professor and program director for the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University in Chicago, IL, joins ONS’s Erin Dickman, MS, RN, OCN®, to discuss the different applications of genetics and genomics, what oncology nurses need to know about genomics, and much more.

Marcy Adams, MBA, RN, BHA, ONS Congress Career Fair presenter and deputy director of oncology at Bayer, joins Chris Pirschel to discuss the differences between leadership and management, how every nurse can fill a leadership role, what makes a successful leader, and more.

ONS members Melissa Thess, PT, CLT, director of education and quality, and Amanda Hodges, BSN, RN, OCN®, director of implementation, from ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation in Mechanicsburg, PA, join Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss the impact of physical activity on patient care, ways nurses can encourage their patients to exercise, and the American College of Sports Medicine’s exercise recommendations for patients with cancer.

ONS Congress speaker, Eloise Theisen, RN, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, president-elect of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, adult geriatric nurse practitioner, and cofounder of Radicle Health in Walnut Creek, CA, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss medical cannabis use in practice, common misconceptions associated with the drug, and ways nurses can discuss cannabis with their patients.

“Our goal in surgical oncology is, of course, to treat the cancer for a cure, but to do it in a safe manner so the patient is able to recover and resume their normal living activities that they had before their surgery,” ONS member Lisa Parks, MS, APRN-CNP, ANP-BC, inpatient nurse practitioner of hepatobiliary surgery at the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Division of Surgical Oncology, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH, told Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a discussion on prehabilitation and preoperative assessments for patients with cancer undergoing surgery, implications of and advancements in cancer surgery, and the interprofessional collaboration that takes place in this scenario.

“Using that view of looking at the whole person, we can provide some acupuncture or acupressure to help maybe reduce anxiety, to help them relax a little bit more, settle their thinking down a little bit, and get some improved sleep,” ONS member Susan Yaguda, MSN, RN, RN manager in integrative oncology at the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, NC, told Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a discussion on using acupuncture and acupressure to manage symptoms and side effects of cancer and cancer treatment. Yaguda also demonstrated example acupressure techniques that nurses can try at home and in their practice.

“It’s actually the nurse who most often first identifies the subtle signs of sepsis in patients. Trust your clinical judgement,” ONS member Laura Zitella, MSc, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN®, nurse practitioner at the University of California, San Francisco, told listeners during a conversation with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Zitella explained the nursing and management considerations for febrile neutropenia and what to do if it transitions into sepsis.