Episode 134: Nurse Innovators Increase Access to Biomarker Testing During ONS Hackathon
12/18/20 • 45 min
ONS members Meghan Coleman, DNP, CRNP, and Alison McDaniel, BSN, RN, OCN®, join Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss their Evidence-Based Quality Understanding in Pathology (EQUIP) project to solve unequal access to germline and somatic biomarker testing, which earned first place in the inaugural ONS Hackathon. The ONS Hackathon took place over two weeks in November 2020 and gave nurses a platform to develop innovative ways to address challenges in the delivery of quality cancer care. For more information, read the ONS Voice article linked in the episode notes.
Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0
Earn 0.75 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by December 18, 2022. The planners and faculty for this episode have no conflicts to disclose, and the episode has no commercial support. ONS is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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.
- ONS Voice article: An Oncology Nurse’s Primer on Genomics and Biomarker Terminology
- ONS Voice article: Winning Team Reduces Disparities to Biomarker Testing in First-Ever ONS Hackathon
- Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Shifting to a Biomarker Paradigm Across Cancer Care
- ONS Genomics and Precision Oncology Learning Library
- American Cancer Society information on cancer biomarker testing
- American Society for Clinical Pathology
- College of American Pathologists
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Biomarkers Compendium
- NCCN additional information on biomarker testing
ONS members Meghan Coleman, DNP, CRNP, and Alison McDaniel, BSN, RN, OCN®, join Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss their Evidence-Based Quality Understanding in Pathology (EQUIP) project to solve unequal access to germline and somatic biomarker testing, which earned first place in the inaugural ONS Hackathon. The ONS Hackathon took place over two weeks in November 2020 and gave nurses a platform to develop innovative ways to address challenges in the delivery of quality cancer care. For more information, read the ONS Voice article linked in the episode notes.
Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0
Earn 0.75 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by December 18, 2022. The planners and faculty for this episode have no conflicts to disclose, and the episode has no commercial support. ONS is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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.
- ONS Voice article: An Oncology Nurse’s Primer on Genomics and Biomarker Terminology
- ONS Voice article: Winning Team Reduces Disparities to Biomarker Testing in First-Ever ONS Hackathon
- Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Shifting to a Biomarker Paradigm Across Cancer Care
- ONS Genomics and Precision Oncology Learning Library
- American Cancer Society information on cancer biomarker testing
- American Society for Clinical Pathology
- College of American Pathologists
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Biomarkers Compendium
- NCCN additional information on biomarker testing
Previous Episode
Bonus Episode: 2021 ONS Election Candidates
Meet the candidates running for office on the ONS Board of Directors in the 2021 election in this bonus episode of the Oncology Nursing Podcast. Katrina Loutzenhiser, director of learning and development at ONS, explained the ONS Leadership Development Committee’s application and evaluation process, then introduced the final slate of candidates. Each candidate shared a brief message on how, as a board member, they would advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Candidates are presented in alphabetical order by last name .
Episode Notes
Check out these resources from today’s episode:
- Watch your email for your election ballot starting on January 4, then cast your vote by January 31, 2021.
- 2021 ONS Election Candidates
- How to Run for ONS Office
- ONS Leadership Development Committee
Next Episode
Episode 135: ELNEC Has Trained More Than One Million Nurses in End-of-Life Care
ONS member Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, principal investigator of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project, director of the Division of Nursing Research and Education at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA, and member of the Greater Los Angeles ONS Chapter, joins ONS President Nancy Houlihan, MA, RN, AOCN®, to discuss ELNEC’s history and milestone of training more than one million nurses in palliative and end-of-life care. Then, ONS members share personal testimonies about ELNEC and how the training has enhanced their practice.
Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0
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.
Episode Notes
Introduction: 00:25
Interview: 01:36
Testimonies: 31:15
- Jacqueline Boreland, MSN, RN, GERO-BCTM, OCN®, CCDS: 31:28
- Karin Elkins MSN, NPD-BC, OCN®: 33:46
- Tracy Garrett-Reed DNP, APRN, AOCNP®, FNP-C: 38:34
- Tiffany McConathy, MSN, FNP-C, APRN, AOCNP®: 40:38
- Sara M Tinsley, PhD, APRN, AOCN®: 43:31
- Jennifer Tschanz, RN, MSN, FNP, AOCNP®, ACHPN: 47:02
Check out these resources from today’s episode:
- Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.
- ONS Voice article: ELNEC Milestone Marks Transformation of EOL Care for Countless Patients With Cancer
- ONS Voice article: Palliative Care Resources Comfort Nurses Through COVID-19 Stress, Dilemmas, and Grief
- ONS Voice palliative and end-of-life care topic pages
- Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 41: Advocating for Palliative Care and Hospice Education
- Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Barriers to Hospice and Palliative Care Research: A Patient-Centered Approach to Intervention Studies
- Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Providing Palliative Care: Oncology Nurses’ Perceptions of Their Self-Reported Abilities
- ONS Position Statement: Palliative Care for People With Cancer
- ELNEC courses
- ELNEC COVID-19 resources
- ELNEC tools for trainers
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