ONS member Cathy Ollom, RN, MSN, AOCNS®, retired clinical nurse specialist and nurse educator at Miami Cancer Institute Baptist Health South Florida and retired member of the Miami-Dade ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss nurse education and training; the Oncology Academy, which Ollom created for experienced nurses entering the oncology field at her institution; and how to develop similar programs at your own workplace.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod

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Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today's episode:

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities.

• Connect with Cathy Ollom on the ONS Communities.

• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 52: The Growing Demand for Ambulatory Nursing–ONS Congress

• ONS Voice article: Different Strategies Needed for Orienting New Graduates and Experienced Nurses to Ambulatory Oncology

• ONS Congress session: Orienting New Graduates and Experienced Nurses to Ambulatory Oncology

• ONS/ASCO Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards

• ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Course

• ONS Oncology Nurse Generalist Competencies

• ONS book: Scope and Standards of Oncology Nursing Practice

• Association of Community Cancer Centers' 2020 Innovator Award

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's education resources