Episode 159: Administer Bleomycin Chemotherapy With Confidence

ONS member Rae Norrod, MS, RN, AOCN®, CNS, manager of the oncology service line at Kettering Health Network in Kettering, OH, and member of the West Central Ohio ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss how to safely administer bleomycin chemotherapy and what oncology nurses need to know. This episode is part of an ongoing series about outpatient oncology drug infusion. Other series' episodes are linked in the episode notes.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod

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Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.
• Previous Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes on outpatient oncology drug infusion
• ONS learning library on safe handling of hazardous drugs
• ONS position statement: Education of the Registered Nurse Who Administers and Cares for the Individual Receiving Antineoplastic Therapies
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Cannabis Use and Bleomycin: An Overview and Case Study of Pulmonary Toxicity
• ONS book: Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice
• ONS book: Clinical Guide to Antineoplastic Therapy: A Chemotherapy Handbook Fourth Edition
• MedLine Plus information on bleomycin
• National Cancer Institute information on bleomycin

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