Last week, I interviewed Lauren Miller, PT, DPT about what PTs should know about patients receiving CAR-T cell therapy. Today, I interviewed Corissa Decker, BSN, RN, BMTCN about the deeper details of CAR-T cell therapy, & boy, did I learn a lot! Since our last interview with Corissa, she’s earned her BMTCN (Blood & Marrow […]
Ep. 33 – CAR-T Cell Therapy with Corissa Decker, BSN, RN, BMTCN Read More »
We continue the celebration of our survivors with today’s episode on coping, grieving, processing, storytelling, & music. As a part of caring for our survivors, sometimes we encounter grief & grieving, even outside of the death & dying experience. In order to care most effectively for our survivors, we have to process our grief in
Ep. 30 – Coping through Storytelling & Music – Carolyn Phillips, PhD, MSN, BSN Read More »
No lie: for a long time, I thought palliative care was hospice care & thus was for dying patients. It wasn’t until my grampa became ill & passed away during PT school that I truly understood what palliative care actually is. While he didn’t have cancer, it was such a blessing for my family to
Ep. 28 – Palliative Care for Everybody? – Marian Grant, DNP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, RN Read More »
Are you contaminated? I was first introduced to Seth Eisenberg, RN, OCN, BMTCN at the Cowtown Oncology Nursing Symposium earlier this spring, when he delivered his presentation on Hazardous Drugs & changes to guidelines to protect those who work with them. While these guidelines are out of our scope, Seth covered some really great material
Hey, when are you going to be interviewed on your local radio show? I’m serious – it was so much darn fun, & I got to talk all about oncology rehab! Plus, it was a fabulous opportunity to educate future patients, caregivers, & referring providers about my favorite thing in the world. So again, when