ONS member Diana Sutherland, MSN, AGNP-C, APRN, OCN®, nurse practitioner at the UC Health Barrett Cancer Center in Cincinnati, OH, and member of the Cincinnati Tri-State ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how oncology nurses can safely administer trastuzumab chemotherapy and manage its associated side effects. 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: Antibody-Drug Conjugates Join the Best of Two Worlds Into One New Treatment
• ONS Voice article: HER2 Therapies May Be Effective in a Variety of Solid Tumors
• ONS Voice article: Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab, and Hyaluronidase-Zzxf Subcutaneous Injection
• ONS Biosimilars Learning Library
• Oncology Nursing Forum article: Administration of Subcutaneous Monoclonal Antibodies in Patients With Cancer
• ONS book: Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice
• ONS course: Fundamentals of Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Administration
• ONS course: ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate
• Genentech patient education on trastuzumab
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings
• Trastuzumab package insert (IV formulation)

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