The ONS Podcast

“It’s actually the nurse who most often first identifies the subtle signs of sepsis in patients. Trust your clinical judgement,” ONS member Laura Zitella, MS, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN®, nurse practitioner a…

“Using that view of looking at the whole person, we can provide some acupuncture or acupressure to help maybe reduce anxiety, to help them relax a little bit more, settle their thinking down a little…

“Saline is very benign and doesn’t have any risk of harm for the patient. They’re small doses, so we’re not worried about sodium or anything. The risk of heparin is actually quite extensive,” MiKaela…

“Caring for a pregnant patient with cancer is 100% a team approach,” ONS member Chandley Silin, RN, FNP-BC, AOCNP®, nurse practitioner at the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, CA, told Stephanie J…

“What does the patient need to know? What are their knowledge gaps? What are they most in need of? Once you determine the areas you need to pinpoint, branded or nonbranded, then there’s resources out…

“The nurse is kind of the hub of a spoked wheel. You have your pharmacy and your provider all on the outside edge, but it’s the nurse that’s connecting all of these different support services togethe…

“Sometimes in our daily routine of taking care of patients, it’s more about looking at the treatment side effects. But look at those wide array of symptoms that can present with an oncologic emergenc…

What is it like to govern a professional association that serves more than 100,000 oncology nurses? ONS President Jeannine Brant, PhD, APRN-CNS, AOCN®, FAAN, and Directors-at-Large Val Burger, MA, MS…

When it comes to oncologic emergencies, early identification and intervention achieves the best outcomes, but some emergencies are harder to recognize. “Oncology nurses are often the first to pick up…

“When we think about how oncology nurses can really be helpful in overcoming barriers to care, it comes back to what we do very well—which is getting to know our patients,” David Rice, PhD, MSN, RN, …

“We call it an oncologic emergency for a reason. Even though it’s usually not life threatening, the longer we wait, the more debilitating and devastating the side effects will be,” ONS member Jennife…

Hazardous drugs are not just used in oncology, and their health risks for providers go far beyond reproductive toxicities. ONS member MiKaela Olsen, DNP, APRN-CNS, AOCNS®, FAAN, clinical program dire…

Talking to patients about how their cancer and treatment affects their fertility can be challenging and complicated for oncology nurses, but we owe it to our patients to have those conversations. Meg…

ONS member Roberta Kaplow, RN, PhD, CCRN, AOCNS®, clinical nurse specialist at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA, and member of the Metro Atlanta ONS Chapter, talks with Stephanie Jardine, BSN…

“Biomarkers give us information not only to diagnose a patient, but also to see whether a patient is going to have GVHD in the near future, whether a patient is going to respond to the treatment we’l…

The inflating price tag of cancer care means that more patients are facing the difficult choice of paying for everyday needs or their cancer treatment. Matthew Banegas, PhD, MPH, MS, associate profes…

“There’s nothing more we can do.” How often do patients with cancer hear those words? But ONS member Reanne Booker, RN, MN, a nurse practitioner at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canad…

Elevated intracranial pressure is a life-threatening cancer complication, but oncology nurses can take steps to prevent and recognize it in their patients. ONS member Mary Elizabeth Davis, DNP, RN, A…

Social media is an innovative study recruitment and intervention tool, but what are the ethical considerations surrounding its data? ONS member Lisa Carter-Harris, PhD, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN, associate a…