Episode 167: The Psychiatric Patient With Cancer
ONS member Barb Henry, DNP, APRN-BC, board-certified psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialist with a focus on psycho-oncology and member of the Cincinnati Tri-State ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss patients with cancer who have a concurrent psychiatric diagnosis, ways for oncology nurses to coordinate care to manage this unique population, and the importance of nurse self-care to minimize compassion fatigue. Henry presented on this topic at the 2021 ONS Congress™ in April. If you missed her session, catch Kathleen Murphy-Ende, PhD, PsyD, AOCNP®, speak on a similar topic in her session, Mental Illness and Cancer: Caring for Comorbidity, from 1–2 pm on September 16, 2021 (or on demand through October 14, 2021), during the ONS Bridge™ virtual conference.
Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod
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Check out these resources from today’s episode:
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- Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 8: Connecting Patients With Supportive Oncology Programs
- Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 27: How Self-Care Can Impact Your Nursing Practice
- Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 166: Cognitive Behavioral Interventions Help Patients With a Spectrum of Cancer Symptoms
- ONS Voice article: A Matter of Mind: When Patients With Cancer Have Psychiatric Comorbidities
- ONS Voice article: What Assessment Tools Are Used for Patients With Cancer and Psychiatric Diagnoses?
- Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Nursing Burnout Interventions
- Explore more Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing articles on anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence, and post-traumatic stress.
- ONS book: Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum (third edition)
- ONS Well-Being Learning Library
- Oncology Nursing Foundation’s 40 Days to Wellness nurse well-being program (through August 31, 2021)
- Annals of Oncology article: Prevalence of Mental Health Conditions in Cancer Patients in Acute Care—A Meta-Analysis
- Cancer Support Community
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Cancer Institute study on nurse burnout
- Online Epocrates
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