Episode 80: Patients Need Checkpoint Inhibitor Education

This episode was supported by funding from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

ONS member Laura Wood, RN, MSN, OCN®, renal cancer research coordinator at the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center in Ohio and member of the Cleveland ONS Chapter, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss patient education for immune checkpoint inhibitors, overcoming communication barriers, and the best strategies for successful patient education.

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. 
• Resources Are Available to Guide Management of Immunotherapy-Related Adverse Events
• Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE)
• Using CTCAE to Report Immunotherapy Adverse Events
• Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: Key Principles When Educating Patients
• About Immunotherapy
• Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities
• Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer