Episode 179: Learn How to Educate Patients During Immunotherapy

ONS member Kristi Orbaugh, RN, MSN, RNP, AOCN®, nurse practitioner for Community Hospital Oncology Physicians in Indianapolis, IN, and member of the Central Indiana ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss patient education prior to and during immunotherapy. This is a continued conversation from a previous episode that discussed findings from an ONS focus group that Orbaugh facilitated in August 2021; we’ve linked that in the episode notes. This podcast episode is supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca. ONS is solely responsible for the criteria, objectives, content, quality, and scientific integrity of its programs and publications. 

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod 

Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 

Episode Notes 

Check out these resources from today’s episode:  

• NCPD contact hours are not available for this episode. 
• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 172: Address Knowledge Gaps in Evidence-Based Precision Medicine Care 
• Previous Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes on immunotherapy 
• ONS Voice article: New Patient Education Formats Help Nurses Connect Patients to Individualized Resources 
• ONS Voice article: Patient Education Is Critical to Managing irAEs for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors 
• ONS Voice article: Tailored Education Improves Patient Satisfaction and Comprehension 
• ONS course bundle: Immuno-Oncology for the Oncology Nurse Case Studies 
• Immuno-Oncology Learning Library 
• American Cancer Society patient education resources  
• ASCO patient education materials 
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines on managing immunotherapy-related toxicities 

To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities.  

To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email pubONSVoice@ons.org.