ONS members Melissa Thess, PT, CLT, director of education and quality, and Amanda Hodges, BSN, RN, OCN®, director of implementation, from ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation, join Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss the role of physical therapy in oncology care, how nurses and physical therapists can work together for cancer rehabilitation, and the importance of physical activity for patients with cancer.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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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.
• Supportive Care Programs for Patients With Cancer
• The Power of Prehabilitation
• Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Personalized Care
• Exercise Interventions – Putting Evidence Into Practice
• Get Up, Get Moving
• Survivorship, Quality of Life, & Rehabilitation—ONS Communities
• American Physical Therapy Association
• ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation

  ONS members Melissa Thess, PT, CLT, director of education and quality, and Amanda Hodges, BSN, RN, OCN®, director of implementation, from ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation, join Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss the role of physical therapy in oncology care, how nurses and physical therapists can work together for cancer rehabilitation, and the importance of physical activity for patients with cancer.

  Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

  Episode Notes:

  Check out these resources from today’s episode:

  • Complete this evaluation to earn free CNE.
  • Supportive Care Programs for Patients With Cancer
  • The Power of Prehabilitation
  • Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Personalized Care
  • Exercise Interventions – Putting Evidence Into Practice
  • Get Up, Get Moving
  • Survivorship, Quality of Life, & Rehabilitation—ONS Communities
  • American Physical Therapy Association
  • ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation