NUR 345 Final Review Questions and
Correct Answers
Who gets cancer? ✅smokers
ppl exposed to carcinogens
1 in 3 women
men over 80 get prostate
What are 3 things needed for cancer development? ✅initiation
promotion
progression
What is initiation? ✅exposure to carcinogen
can stop cancer growth in this stage
What is promotion? ✅continuous exposure to carcinogen
can stop cancer growth in this stage
What is progression? ✅metastasis
irreversible
What causes cancer? ✅age
genetics
carcinogen
stress
What are sx of cancer? ✅change in bowel and bladder
a sore throat
unusal bleeding
thickening in lump
indigestion/ diff swallowing
obvious changes in mole and wart
nagging cough
wt loss
sore that doesnt go away
What are preventions for cancer? ✅-limit exposure to carcinogens
-no smoking
-immunizations
-yearly check ins
-diagnostic testing
, What are different types of biopsies? ✅-surgical
-punch biopsy
-needle
What is benign? ✅non cancerous
encapsulated
non vascular
differentiated
inhibition
What is malignant? ✅cancerous
nonencapsulated
undifferentiated
vascular
no inhibition
What is thrombocytopenia? ✅low platelets
What are pt teachings for thrombocytopenia? ✅soft tooth brush
electric razor
dont fall
no IM injections or folley
What is neutropenic? ✅low WBC
What is nadir? ✅lowest point of WBC in chem
-occur 7-14 days after chemo
How can nadir be prevented? ✅newlasta, which stimulates WBC production
What are neutropenic precautions? ✅-good handwashing is #1
-no fresh flowers and fruit
-shoes off in house
-dont go near someone immunized with live virus
-report fever of 101 right away
-at risk for sepsis
-no folley
-no IM shot
-good mouth care
-good perineal care
What are sx of HIV? ✅-asymptomatic
-flu like
-yeast
-fungal infection
Correct Answers
Who gets cancer? ✅smokers
ppl exposed to carcinogens
1 in 3 women
men over 80 get prostate
What are 3 things needed for cancer development? ✅initiation
promotion
progression
What is initiation? ✅exposure to carcinogen
can stop cancer growth in this stage
What is promotion? ✅continuous exposure to carcinogen
can stop cancer growth in this stage
What is progression? ✅metastasis
irreversible
What causes cancer? ✅age
genetics
carcinogen
stress
What are sx of cancer? ✅change in bowel and bladder
a sore throat
unusal bleeding
thickening in lump
indigestion/ diff swallowing
obvious changes in mole and wart
nagging cough
wt loss
sore that doesnt go away
What are preventions for cancer? ✅-limit exposure to carcinogens
-no smoking
-immunizations
-yearly check ins
-diagnostic testing
, What are different types of biopsies? ✅-surgical
-punch biopsy
-needle
What is benign? ✅non cancerous
encapsulated
non vascular
differentiated
inhibition
What is malignant? ✅cancerous
nonencapsulated
undifferentiated
vascular
no inhibition
What is thrombocytopenia? ✅low platelets
What are pt teachings for thrombocytopenia? ✅soft tooth brush
electric razor
dont fall
no IM injections or folley
What is neutropenic? ✅low WBC
What is nadir? ✅lowest point of WBC in chem
-occur 7-14 days after chemo
How can nadir be prevented? ✅newlasta, which stimulates WBC production
What are neutropenic precautions? ✅-good handwashing is #1
-no fresh flowers and fruit
-shoes off in house
-dont go near someone immunized with live virus
-report fever of 101 right away
-at risk for sepsis
-no folley
-no IM shot
-good mouth care
-good perineal care
What are sx of HIV? ✅-asymptomatic
-flu like
-yeast
-fungal infection
