The ONS Podcast

Episode 434: Oncology–Psychiatric RN Collaboration to Support Psychosocial Health

"Nurses are the front line. Oncology nurses see their patients almost all day. If you're noticing that anxiety is causing significant distress or anxiety is disrupting a

Episode 433: Cancer Treatments for Noncancer Indications: Chemotherapy/Immunotherapy

"Unlike our cancer indications where we use these medications often to activate the immune system to target cancerous cells, in noncancer indications, the goal is really

Episode 432: Long-Term Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Considerations for Oncology Nurses

"It's a chronic disease. It never goes away for some people, and so therefore it has these periods of remission where it's really quiet and well controlled. Then there ca

Episode 431: Oncologic Emergencies 101: Urinary Obstruction

"Think about all the important things our kidneys do for the body. Those things are compromised. If we have excess buildup of toxins and waste in the body, you're having

Episode 430: Leadership Unlocked: Is It Your Time to Serve?

"If you are considering board service, I would say take the leap. Start with your local chapter. It will give you some valuable skills that will help prepare you when you

Episode 429: Radiation Site-Specific Side Effects: CNS Cancers

"They're really worried that radiation is going to be painful. So they come in for that first day of treatment very anxious. With our patients with brain cancer, we're us

Episode 428: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment Considerations for Oncology Nurses

"Measurable residual disease is where I think the terminology fits best in that, it is intended to measure the amount of cancer cells that are present in the blood or bon

Episode 427: Pharmacology 101: Resistance Pathways

"A good way of thinking about this is this is the survival of the fittest clone. There could be a portion of a cancer that naturally has some resistance or ability to sur

Episode 426: Tools to Support Patients and Nurses Through Medical Trauma in Oncology

"When people with PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder] get quite avoidant—and that can be expressed in so many different ways—the implications can be really profound. I

Episode 425: How AI Can Help Healthcare Organizations Improve the Cancer Experience

"In oncology specifically, where care is complex, artificial intelligence (AI) can really synthesize large volumes of clinical information, flag risks such as treatment c

Episode 424: Radiation Site-Specific Side Effects: Cancers of the Pelvis

"Think about what organs lie in the radiation field, and anything that lies in that radiation field is likely going to have some potential temporary—hopefully temporary—s

Episode 423: Pharmacology 101: Interaction Pathways

"When we think of drug interactions, specifically, the National Cancer Institute actually defines this as a change in the way a drug acts in the body when taken with cert

Episode 422: An Overview of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia for Oncology Nurses

"What I appreciate about our patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic leukemia is the consideration that they receive a cancer diagnosis, and

Episode 421: Medical Trauma in Oncology

"There are a huge array of medical dynamics that people endure, and when they leave a lasting impact, a word that we don't use widely enough is the word 'trauma.' There's

Episode 420: Long-Term Myelodysplastic Syndrome Considerations for Oncology Nurses

"We typically think of the disease progressing for our higher-risk patients because many of them already start with increased blasts or a lot of dysplasia. And they have

Episode 419: Pharmacology 101: Immunomodulators

"Until immunomodulators, patients [with myeloma] did not have a great overall survival rate. But when we introduced lenalidomide, we started seeing our patients have life

Episode 418: Radiation Site-Specific Side Effects: Colorectal Cancer

"Radiation therapy is often extremely well tolerated in colorectal cancer. Technology has really changed things. But location of the tumor can affect side effects, such a

Episode 417: Pharmacology 101: Oncolytic Viral Therapy

"There are a lot of specifics that nurses need to keep in mind as they are administering this herpes simplex modified virus to patients because accidental exposure is of

Episode 416: Cancer Treatments for Noncancer Indications: Radiation

"When you have benign conditions, we're actually treating 3 gray, so a significant difference [versus doses of 60 gray for brain cancer]. Typically, when you treat at a h

Episode 415: Myelodysplastic Syndrome Treatment Considerations for Oncology Nurses

"We want to make sure that we discuss the details of the treatment and what treatments there are, whether it's an oral drug, whether it's a subcutaneous injection or an I