ONS member Rebekah Flynn, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, CNE, OCN®, associate director of quality improvement and education at the Washington University Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis, MO, and board president of the St. Louis ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how to safely administer ifosfamide chemotherapy infusions. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion. The others are linked in the episode notes.

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.
• Previous Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes on outpatient oncology drug infusion
• ONS Voice article: Nurses Advocate for Palliative Care, Drug Parity by Sharing Patient Experiences
• ONS Voice article: Manage Cancer Treatment-Related Skin Toxicities With ONS Guidelines™
• ONS Voice article: Infection Prevention for Oncology Nurses
• ONS book: Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice
• ONS Communities thread on ifosfamide toxicity
• ONS course: Fundamentals of Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Administration
• ONS course: Safe Handling Basics
• ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Course
• American Cancer Society information on approved and off-label indications for ifosfamide
• Chemocare information on ifosfamide
• Ifosfamide package insert
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network chemotherapy order templates
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings

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