ONS member Celeste Adams, RN, BSN, MBA, nurse navigator at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, UT, and member of the ONS Intermountain Chapter, and Kathleen Wiley, RN, MSN, AOCNS®, director of oncology nursing practice at ONS, discuss how nurse navigators can help patients and caregivers understand genomic advancements, how someone’s genes affect cancer prevention and treatment, and the impact that genomics testing can have on a patient’s quality of life.  

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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.
• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 13: What You Need to Know About At-Home Genetic Testing 
• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 39: Understanding Genomics in Oncology Nursing 
• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode Hereditary Cancer Genetics—ONS Congress 
• ONS Genomics and Precision Oncology Learning Library 
• ONS Voice article: Help Patients Understand Genomic Variants of Unknown Significance 
• ONS Voice article: An Oncology Nurse’s Primer on Genomics and Biomarker Terminology 
• ONS Voice article: What Happens During a Genetics Counseling Session?  
• Intermountain Healthcare genomics resources for patients 
• Intermountain Healthcare genomics services for providers 
• Intermountain Healthcare’s genomics research projects 
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) 
• National Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCCN) guidelines and clinical resources 

Lee Aase, communications director for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and presenter at the 2020 ONS Bridge™ virtual conference, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss various social media platforms clinicians use to enhance their practice, the guidelines and risks to be aware of, and benefits of using social media in health care.

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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.    
• Register for ONS Bridge.
• ONS Voice article: Using the Social Network: What Are the Professional Boundaries?
• ONS Voice article: The Case of the Blurred Boundaries
• ONS Voice article: The Case of the Facebook Friend Request
• Mayo Clinic Connect
• Mayo Clinic’s Social Media Network
• Mayo Clinic Social Media Residency
• Social for Healthcare Certificate from Mayo Clinic and Hootsuite
• Social media resources for nurses

Mitch Zeller, JD, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Tobacco Products, joins Lisa Kennedy Sheldon, PhD, APRN, AOCNP®, FAAN, ONS’s clinical and scientific affairs liaison, to discuss tobacco’s effect on American health, communication strategies for patients with cancer who want to quit, and what FDA is doing to mitigate its harm. 

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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.
• ONS E-Cigarettes and Vaping Position Statement 

• ONS-endorsed ISNCC Tobacco Position Statement 

• ONS Vaping Learning Library 

• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 55: The Youth Vaping Epidemic 

• Oncology Nursing Forum article: Smoking Prevalence and Management Among Cancer Survivors 

• ONS Voice article: Vaping, E-Cigarettes, and Flavored Tobacco Are Reversing 20 Years of Decreasing Smoking Rates 

• Mitch Zeller’s biography 

• FDA Center for Tobacco Products 

• FDA Center for Tobacco Products’ Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan 

• The first U.S. surgeon general’s report on smoking (1964) 

• 2014 Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress 

• National Academies of Sciences’ Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes 2018 report 

• FDA’s Real Cost campaign 

• FDA’s Every Try Counts campaign 

ONS member Abigail Baldwin Medsker, MSN, RN, OCN®, associate director of digital transformation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and member of the ONS New York City Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss best practices in telehealth, commonly used strategies, and resources for oncology nurses and patients navigating cancer care in a digital world. 

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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.    
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article Access to Care: Using eHealth to Limit Location-Based Barriers for Patients With Cancer
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing telehealth supplement 
• ONS Voice article Telehealth Visits During COVID-19 
• ONS Voice article COVID-19 Telephone Triage for Patients With Cancer 

• ONS Voice article Virtual Care for Patients With Cancer in New Jersey During COVID-19 
• ONS Voice article Telehealth Programs Improve Symptom Management at Home 
• American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing telehealth resources 
• American Telehealth Association resources 

ONS Member Pam Grubbs, APRN, CNS, MS, AOCNS®, clinical nurse specialist and assistant professor in nursing at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, MN, and member of the ONS Southeast Minnesota Chapter, and Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, discuss radioactive targeted therapies, safety recommendations, and common misconceptions. 

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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.
• ONS Voice article: Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate (Lutathera®)
• ONS Voice article: Get an Overview of Radiation Therapy for Cancer
• ONS Voice article: The Intersection of Radiation and Medical Oncology Nursing
• Additional ONS Voice articles on radiation therapy
• ONS webinar: So Your Institution Wants to Administer Radionuclides?
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ALARA Recommendations

Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, FAAN, senior vice president of research and professor in the department of radiation oncology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and a presenter at the 2020 ONS Bridge™ virtual conference, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss social determinants of health, their impact on cancer care, and what oncology nurses should be aware of when providing care to all populations, no matter a patient’s background.

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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.
• Register for ONS Bridge.
• ONS Calls for Immediate Response to Care in Diverse Communities
• ONS Voice article: A Zip Code Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
• Other cancer health disparities articles on ONS Voice
• ONS Voice articles on nurse navigators
• Healthy People 2020 social determinants of health overview
• Healthy People 2020 social determinants of health interventions and resources
• National Cancer Institute’s study: How Does COVID-19 Affect People With Cancer? NCCAPS Will Help Find Out

Tara A. Schwetz, PhD, acting director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and associate deputy director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joins Lisa Kennedy Sheldon, PhD, APRN, AOCNP®, FAAN, ONS’s clinical and scientific affairs liaison, to discuss how nurse researchers are responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus and how NINR is looking to the future.

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Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• NINR Funding Opportunities
• NIH Central Resource for Grants and Funding Information
• NIH information on COVID-19
• Palliative Care: Conversations Matter
• NINR Symptom Science Center
• NINR Methodologies Bootcamp
• National Nursing Research Roundtable
• ONS Voice articles on cancer research
• Oncology Nursing Forum, ONS’s research-focused scholarly journal
• ONS’s research lectureships
• ONS Distinguished Researcher Award
• Oncology Nursing Foundation research funding

ONS Chief Executive Officer Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN, and members of the ONS Board of Directors from across the United States share a conversation with U.S. Representative Donna E. Shalala (D-FL) on Shalala’s role in the Institute of Medicine’s historic Future of Nursing report, how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic influenced global perspectives on nurses, and ways that nurses can advocate for improved healthcare policy reform.

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Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• U.S. Representative Donna E. Shalala (D-FL)
• The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report
• Episode 55: The Youth Vaping Epidemic
• Other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes on advocacy
• Advocacy articles on ONS Voice
• ONS Center for Advocacy and Health Policy

Annette Quinn, RN, MSN, program manager in the department of radiation at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and member of the ONS Greater Pittsburgh Chapter, joins ONS’s Kathleen Wiley, RN, MSN, AOCNS®, director of oncology nursing practice, to discuss what all oncology nurses need to know about caring for patients receiving radiation treatment, the different types of radiation therapies, collaboration with medical oncology, and monitoring and managing radiation’s late effects in survivorship.   

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.
• The Intersection of Radiation and Medical Oncology Nursing

• Get an Overview of Radiation Therapy for Cancer
• Harnessing the Abscopal Effect May Change Cancer Care
• ONS/ONCC Radiation Therapy Certificate Course
• ONS’s Immuno-Oncology Learning Library
• National Cancer Institute’s radiation resources
• American Cancer Society’s radiation resources
• Register for the ONS Bridge Virtual Conference in June.

ONS member Debi Boyle, RN, MSN, AOCNS®, FAAN, an oncology clinical nurse specialist with Advanced Oncology Nursing Resources in Huntington Beach, CA, member of the Orange County ONS Chapter, and author of The Caregiver’s Companion, sits down with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how nurses can support caregivers, safe handling and precautions for in the home, and misconceptions about the caregiver’s role. 

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. 
• The Caregiver’s Companion
• Nellie’s Walk
• The Weird Things That Happen When Someone You Love Dies
• Putting Evidence Into Practice
• Support and Empower At-Home Caregivers of Patients With Cancer on ONS Voice
• Free resources to engage patients and families in care on ONS Voice