Episode 167: The Psychiatric Patient With Cancer [Video]

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 during the 46th Annual 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 (https://ons.digitellinc.com/ons/live/31/page/261/1?eventSearchInput=kathleen+Murphy-Ende) , from 1–2 pm on September 16, 2021 (or on demand through October 14, 2021), during the ONS Bridge™ virtual conference (https://www.ons.org/develop-your-career/professional-development/conferences/ons-bridge-virtual-conference) .

Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust (http://www.incompetech.com/) ” by Kevin MacLeod

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The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

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. (https://www.ons.org/explore-resources?source=2696&display=results&cneonly=true&sort_by=created&items_per_page=50)

• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 8: Connecting Patients With Supportive Oncology Programs  (https://www.ons.org/podcasts/episode-8-connecting-patients-supportive-oncology-programs)

• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 27: How Self-Care Can Impact Your Nursing Practice (https://www.ons.org/podcasts/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 (https://www.ons.org/podcasts/episode-166-cognitive-behavioral-interventions-help-patients-spectrum-cancer-symptoms)

• ONS Voice article: A Matter of Mind: When Patients With Cancer Have Psychiatric Comorbidities (https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/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? (https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/what-assessment-tools-are-used-for-patients-with-cancer-and-psychiatric-diagnoses)

• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Nursing Burnout Interventions (https://cjon.ons.org/cjon/18/2/nursing-burnout-interventions)

• Explore more Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing articles on anxiety (https://cjon.ons.org/category/anxiety) , depression (https://cjon.ons.org/category/depression) , fear of recurrence (https://cjon.ons.org/category/fear-recurrence-0) , and post-traumatic stress (https://cjon.ons.org/category/post-traumatic-stress-symptoms) .

• ONS book: Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum (third edition) (https://www.ons.org/books/psychosocial-nursing-care-along-cancer-continuum-third-edition)

• ONS Well-Being Learning Library (https://www.ons.org/learning-libraries/self-care-nurses)

• Oncology Nursing Foundation’s 40 Days to Wellness nurse well-being program (through August 31, 2021) (https://www.onfgivesback.org/wellness-celebration-2021)

• Annals of Oncology article: Prevalence of Mental Health Conditions in Cancer Patients in Acute Care—A Meta-Analysis (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923753419392221)

• Cancer Support Community (https://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/)

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (https://nami.org/Home)

• National Cancer Institute study on nurse burnout (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7110622/)

• Online Epocrates (https://online.epocrates.com/)

To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities (http://communities.ons.org/) .

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