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Providing Support and Education for

ONCOLOGY NURSES

The NCODA Nursing Community is a vibrant and growing community
of oncology nurses dedicated to elevating one another with support and shared expertise.

ELEVATING PATIENT CARE

At NCODA, we recognize oncology nurses are an essential part of the medically integrated oncology healthcare team and are committed to equipping them with the tools and resources necessary to deliver exceptional patient care.

The mission of the NCODA Nursing Community is to inspire nurses caring for individuals with cancer, to share ideas, collaborate inter-professionally, and promote quality standards and best practices.

For more information about the NCODA Nurse Community, please contact:
Mary Anderson, BSN, RN, OCN, Senior Manager of Nursing Initiatives
 Mary.Anderson@NCODA.org

Clinical Oncology Tools For Patient Care

NCODA empowers oncology nurses around the world with tools and resources that help provide better patient care and advance the value of the oncology nurse’s role in all practices. Through innovation and collaboration, we provide patient-centered resources to healthcare professionals across the world.

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ORAL ONCOLYTIC WELCOME LETTER

This template will introduce the patient to the process of accessing and taking oral medication for cancer treatment, and key definitions of related terms.  This form can be edited to meet the needs of your department.

ORAL ONCOLYTIC NEW START CHECKLIST

This new start checklist provides a step-by-step list of important actions to be taken when oral cancer therapy is initially prescribed.

PLAN OF CARE TREATMENT GUIDE

This template includes key elements of drug specific instructions for the patient.  This form intended to be provided to patient at initial formal education session.  This document follows the guidelines of ASCO and NCODA, and can be edited to work with any type of treatment regimen.

ORAL THERAPY PATIENT FOLLOW-UP TEMPLATE (PAGE 1)

This template contains key documentation criteria for follow-up assessments of patients taking oral cancer therapy. It may be downloaded, edited, and used as a resource for developing a documentation flow sheet for oral adherence and toxicity evaluations into your practice’s EHR system.

ORAL THERAPY PATIENT FOLLOW-UP TEMPLATE (PAGE 2)

This template provides CTACE grading scale for the most common adverse events of oral cancer therapy.

FIRST FILL TRACKING FORM

This template is to assist with tracking the prescription from patients from the initial order to when the medication is dispensed.

AFTER THE FIRST FILL TRACKING FORM

This template is to assist with tracking patients throughout the spectrum of their treatment, beginning on the day they initiate oral therapy.

NEW-START ADHERENCE BARRIERS ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTATION TEMPLATE

This template is to assess patients’ potiential barriers to adherence BEFORE they begin their oral anticancer therapy.

GET INVOLVED

The opportunities to become involved with NCODA’s Nursing Community are endless. Whether you hop on a Second Friday Virtual Gathering or join an in person Meet and Greet during our biannual meetings, you will become acquainted with a group of passionate nurses where the camaraderie is second to none.

Nursing Community Leadership Team

Elizabeth Bettencourt

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth has worked in oncology for over 30 years, the last 13 years as an Oral Oncolytic Nurse Navigator at Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Sutter Health, where she developed a robust oral oncolytic program that has been expanded to other Sutter Health sites. The oral oncolytic program incorporates prescription processing and drug acquisition, collaboration with in-house and off-site pharmacists, patient and staff education, and continued adherence/toxicity monitoring for all patients during their course of treatment.

Dallas Lawry

About Dallas

Dr. Lawry has been an oncology nurse within the University of California Health System for her entire career (2014). She started at UCLA, working as an inpatient oncology certified nurse, and currently works at UC San Diego as an outpatient oncology nurse practitioner. Her passion within oncology is palliative care and end of life. She has served on the NCODA Executive Council since 2021, where she advocates for patients and represents our nursing community.

Amanda McCauley

About Amanda

Amanda is a fervent nurse and patient advocate. She has been an oncology nurse in Louisville, Kentucky for 17 years. Currently, Amanda serves as the assistant nurse manager for the system’s patient navigation team, cancer resource centers, and behavioral health programs. Her passion for oncology patients led her to join NCODA in 2018. Amanda is the Regional Leader for NCODA Region 5, has written articles for Oncolytics Today, served on the Fall Summit planning committee, and has assisted with developing a number of the resources produced by the NCODA Nursing Community.

Subcommittees

Membership Engagement / Scholarship

Dallas Lawry, DNP, FNP-C, AOCN
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner | UC San Diego

Education / CE Programs

Amanda McCauley BSN, RN, OCN
Assistant Nurse Manager | Norton Cancer Institute

Nursing Resources / Initiatives

Oral Oncolytic Nurse Navigator Initiatives

Elizabeth Bettencourt, MSN, RN, OCN
Oral Oncolytic Nurse Navigator | Sutter Health 

For more information about involvement in subcommittees, please contact:

Mary Anderson, BSN, RN, OCN, Senior Manager of Nursing Initiatives
Mary.Anderson@NCODA.org

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