ONS member Jean Sellers, RN, MSN, executive director at North Carolina Oncology Navigator Association in Chapel Hill and North Carolina Triangle ONS Chapter member, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss the important role oncology nurse navigators play in patient care, how nurses can lean on their navigator colleagues, and where the nurse navigator field is heading for the future.

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• 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.
• Lay Patient Navigators Can Help Oncology Nurses Guide Patients Through Cancer Care
• How ONS Is Supporting ONNs’ Professional Development
• The Role of Oncology Nursing Navigation Continues to Grow
• Oncology Nurse Navigation: Delivering Patient-Centered Care Across the Continuum
• Oncology Nurse Navigator Competencies
• ONS Oncology Nurse Navigator Toolkit
• ONS Nurse Navigator Community
• Role of the Oncology Nurse Navigator Throughout the Cancer Trajectory
• National Cancer Survivorship Resource Center Toolkit

ONS members Natalie Jackson, MSN, RN, Houston ONS Chapter, of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and Suzanne McGettigan, CRNP, Philadelphia ONS Chapter, from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, join Chris Pirschel, ONS’s staff writer, to discuss communication challenges in immunotherapy, how nurses can empower their patients to speak up, and effective strategies to foster communication among the medical team.

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• 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.
• Episode 40: Breaking Down Checkpoint Inhibitors
• Episode 54: Immunotherapy Collaboration Opportunities
• Novel Therapies: How CAR T Cells and Biosimilars Are Changing Cancer Care
• Here’s an Overview of the Types, Mechanisms, and Side Effects of Currently Approved Immunotherapies
• Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice
• Immunotherapy Wallet Cards
• ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Course

ONS's director of government affairs in Washington, DC, Alec Stone, MA, MPA, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss the legislative efforts in play to tackle financial toxicity, how ONS is involved in the conversation, and what nurses can do to advocate for their patients facing financial burden from cancer care.

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• 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.
• $88 Billion for Health Care; Raising the Tobacco Age; 2020 Healthcare Push
• The Battle Against Drug Pricing Wages On
• Financial Toxicity and Its Burden on Cancer Care
• Why Do Oncology Nurses Need to Screen for Financial Toxicity?
• ONS’s Capitol Hill Gang

ONS member Carey Clark, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, associate professor of nursing at the University of Maine at Augusta and president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss medical cannabis’s use in oncology, its potential benefits and side effects, and how oncology nurses can answer patient questions in practice.

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• 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.
• Understanding Medical Cannabis in Cancer Care
• Medical Cannabis: The Oncology Nurse’s Role in Patient Education About the Effects of Marijuana on Cancer Palliation
• Practical Considerations in Medical Cannabis Administration and Dosing
• The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research
• Guidelines for Medical Marijuana
• American Cannabis Nurses Association

ONS member and 2019 Congress Presenter John Hillson, RN, BSN, BA, OCN®, clinical nurse at Duke Radiation Oncology in Durham, NC, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss managing radiation side effects for patients with head and neck cancers, helping patients navigate the complexities of radiation therapy, and supporting patients throughout the cancer journey.

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• 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. 
• Patient Comfort Is Key to Managing Radiation Side Effects
• Using Photography to Track Progress of Head and Neck Cancers
• Evidence-Based Radiation Side Effect Management—ONS Congress
• Manual for Radiation Oncology Nursing Practice and Education (Fourth Edition)
• Support for People With Oral and Head and Neck Cancer
• Your Cancer Game Plan

ONS member Kim Miller, RN, BSN, BMTCN®, transplant case manager at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss patients receiving blood and marrow transplants (BMT), the complexities of working with the BMT population, and the role of nurses play in BMT patient care.

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• 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.
• Episode 27: How Self-Care Can Impact Your Nursing Practice
• Blood & Marrow Transplant – ONS Communities
• What Is the Role of Interprofessional Teams in a BMT Unit?
• Blood and Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse - ONCC
• BMTCN® Certification Review Manual
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Manual for Nursing Practice

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.

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• 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.

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  Episode Notes:

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  • 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

ONS member Joni Watson, MBA, MSN, RN, OCN®, vice president of patient care at Baylor Scott & White–Lake Pointe in Rowlett, TX, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss her journey into nursing leadership, how any nurse can be a leader, leadership opportunities at ONS, and more.

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• 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.
• You Are What You Read
• Take Charge of Developing Your Leadership Skills With the LDC
• Nursing Professional Development on ONS Voice
• Episode 38: What Does It Take to Be a Successful Leader?

ONS Leadership Development Committee

ONS member Suzanne Mahon, RN, DNSc, AOCN®, AGN-BC, clinical nurse specialist and professor at Saint Louis University in Missouri, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss her ONS Congress presentation on hereditary cancer genetics, collaborating with genetic professionals, and how genetic testing influences cancer prevention and care.

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• 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.
• Episode 13: What You Need to Know About At-Home Genetic Testing
• Hereditary Cancer Genetics 101 presentation from the ONS 44th Annual Congress
• What Genetics Means in Hereditary Cancer
• Genetics and genomics articles from the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
• Genetics and genomics articles from ONS Voice

ONS Director of Government Affairs Alec Stone, MA, MPA, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss the youth vaping epidemic, how nurses are advocating for smoking cessation, which government agencies are involved in the tobacco conversation, and where ONS stands in the fight against smoking.

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• 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.
• Advocating at the State Level for Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation
• Providing Expert Testimony in the Virginia State Senate
• Surgeon General Declares Youth Vaping an Epidemic
• ONS endorses International Society for Nurses in Cancer Care tobacco position statement
• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids