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Solved 100% Correct 2023
Your patient is receiving a continuous cisplatin (Platinol®, Platinol-AQ®) infusion
for testicular cancer.
What is the MOST important safety practice you should educate him about?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-YES....Using a condom during sex
Avoiding highly acidic foods
Using products that contain parabens
Avoiding products that contain DEET
FOLFOX chemotherapy is recommended for what type of cancer?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Colon
You are assessing a patient receiving end-of-life care and find Cheynes-Stokes
respirations, decerebrate positioning, and cool, mottled extremities. What should
you tell the family about these findings?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-These are signs and symptoms of end stage cycle of
life that your loved one will likely pass very soon.
A patient weighting 220 lbs is ordered to receive IV heparin 20 units/kg/hour.
How many units should he receive each hour?
1
, - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-2,000
Respect for a patient's decision to refuse chemotherapy even though doctors
believe it will likely result in a cure follows what ethical principle? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Autonomy
As a patient nears death, what would be an appropriate way for the nurse to
involve her adult daughter in patient care? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Teach her
how to help with simple tasks, such as mouth care
A few minutes after starting a L-asparaginase infusion, your patient reports
feeling strange, nauseated, short of breath, and like his face and neck are on fire.
What should you do FIRST? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Stop the infusion
You are caring for a patient with an enlarged prostate and urine retention. What
type of catheter should you select? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Coude' tip
catheter
Which of the following patients is most likely to have Ewing sarcoma? -
✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-15 year old non-Hispanic white male
Persons of Ashkenazi Jewish background are at increased risk for what type of
cancer? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Breast cancer
2
, The incidence of new cancer diagnoses in men is HIGHEST for what type of
cancer? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Prostate
A 52-year-old patient had a colonoscopy 2 years ago for colon cancer screening.
What statement indicates a need for more education?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Even though the procedure wasn't as bad as I
anticipated, I'm so glad I don't have to go through that ever again
You are speaking with a patient experiencing hair loss after chemotherapy. She
tells you she does not go out of the house unless it is absolutely necessary
because she feels like people stare at her. Which of the following is the BEST
response?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Acknowledge that hair loss is visible to others and
can attract unwanted attention, which can be difficult to cope with
Which symptom is MOST likely due to an elevated calcium level?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Loss of appetite
What is the nurse's responsibility related to informed consent?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Ensure the patient has sufficient knowledge to make
an informed decision
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Solved 100% Correct 2023
Your patient is receiving a continuous cisplatin (Platinol®, Platinol-AQ®) infusion
for testicular cancer.
What is the MOST important safety practice you should educate him about?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-YES....Using a condom during sex
Avoiding highly acidic foods
Using products that contain parabens
Avoiding products that contain DEET
FOLFOX chemotherapy is recommended for what type of cancer?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Colon
You are assessing a patient receiving end-of-life care and find Cheynes-Stokes
respirations, decerebrate positioning, and cool, mottled extremities. What should
you tell the family about these findings?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-These are signs and symptoms of end stage cycle of
life that your loved one will likely pass very soon.
A patient weighting 220 lbs is ordered to receive IV heparin 20 units/kg/hour.
How many units should he receive each hour?
1
, - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-2,000
Respect for a patient's decision to refuse chemotherapy even though doctors
believe it will likely result in a cure follows what ethical principle? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Autonomy
As a patient nears death, what would be an appropriate way for the nurse to
involve her adult daughter in patient care? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Teach her
how to help with simple tasks, such as mouth care
A few minutes after starting a L-asparaginase infusion, your patient reports
feeling strange, nauseated, short of breath, and like his face and neck are on fire.
What should you do FIRST? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Stop the infusion
You are caring for a patient with an enlarged prostate and urine retention. What
type of catheter should you select? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Coude' tip
catheter
Which of the following patients is most likely to have Ewing sarcoma? -
✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-15 year old non-Hispanic white male
Persons of Ashkenazi Jewish background are at increased risk for what type of
cancer? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Breast cancer
2
, The incidence of new cancer diagnoses in men is HIGHEST for what type of
cancer? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Prostate
A 52-year-old patient had a colonoscopy 2 years ago for colon cancer screening.
What statement indicates a need for more education?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Even though the procedure wasn't as bad as I
anticipated, I'm so glad I don't have to go through that ever again
You are speaking with a patient experiencing hair loss after chemotherapy. She
tells you she does not go out of the house unless it is absolutely necessary
because she feels like people stare at her. Which of the following is the BEST
response?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Acknowledge that hair loss is visible to others and
can attract unwanted attention, which can be difficult to cope with
Which symptom is MOST likely due to an elevated calcium level?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Loss of appetite
What is the nurse's responsibility related to informed consent?
- ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Ensure the patient has sufficient knowledge to make
an informed decision
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