Episode 300: AYAs With Cancer: End-of-Life Care Planning

“Trying to give them as much autonomy as possible is really important. I always like to ask, ‘Would you like to have a conversation? Do you think that you can handle a conversation about advance care planning?’ Or ‘What you would want someone to do for you if you're not able to speak for yourself?’ They may say no, you know, and we have to respect that too,” Mandi Zucker, LSW, CT, executive director of End of Life Choices New York in New York City, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS^®, manager of oncology nursing practice at ONS, during a discussion about end-of-life and advance care planning for adolescents and young adults with cancer.

Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust” by Kevin MacLeod

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Earn 0.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at courses.ons.org by February 23, 2026. 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.

Learning outcome: Learners will report an increase in knowledge related to advance care planning with the adolescent and young adult cancer population.

Episode Notes

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• Oncology Nursing Podcast:
  • Episode 9: How to Support Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer
  • Episode 41: Advocating for Palliative Care and Hospice Education
  • Episode 135: ELNEC Has Trained More Than One Million Nurses in End-of-Life Care
  • Episode 251: Palliative Care Programs for Patients With Cancer
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