Episode 130: Manage Cancer-Related Constipation With ONS Guidelines™

ONS member Deborah Thorpe, PhD, APRN, founder of and nurse supervisor at the Inn Between assisted living facility in Salt Lake City, UT, and member of the Intermountain ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the ONS Guidelines™ for Opioid-Induced and Non-Opioid–Related Cancer Constipation, which published in November 2020. Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod  Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  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 Guidelines™ for Opioid-Induced and Non–Opioid-Related Cancer Constipation  Previous Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes on the ONS Guidelines™  ONS Voice article: Crush Constipation With This Old-Time Recipe  Get Up, Get Moving  Oncology Nursing Forum article: Management of Opioid-Induced and Non–Opioid-Related Constipation in Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  Oncology Nursing Forum article: Systematic Review of Nonpharmacologic Approaches for the Management of Gastrointestinal Symptoms