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Comprehensive OCN Study Guide: Questions, Answers, and Key Concepts for Oncology Nurses

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Ace the OCN exam with this detailed study guide covering staging, tumor markers, chemotherapy side effects, radiation late effects, and essential nursing interventions.

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OCN STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
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5 year survival rate for lung cancer. - correct answer- 15%


5FU cardiac effects - correct answer- coronary artery spasm


a-FP tumor marker - correct answer- sensitive for germ cell
or primary liver tumor


Abnormalities of what electrolyte and what mineral interfere
with cardiac function? - correct answer- Potassium and
Calcium


Adjuvant therapy - correct answer- treatment given in
addition to primary therapy


After lobectomy, what position should the patient not be in? -
correct answer- The patient should not lay on operative side.
Decreases expansion.

,After lobectomy, what position should the patient not be in? -
correct answer- The patient should not lay on operative side.
Decreases expansion.


After pneumonectomy, how should patient be positioned? -
correct answer- On back or on operated side. DO NOT let
patient lay on unoperated side.


After pneumonectomy, how should patient be positioned? -
correct answer- On back or on operated side. DO NOT let
patient lay on unoperated side.


Amifostine - correct answer- chemoprotectant against
nephrotoxicity from cisplatin


Aneuploidy - correct answer- abnormal number of
chromosomes


Anthracycline (Daunorubicin, doxorubicin, and epirubicin)
cardiac effects - correct answer- cardiomyopathy

,Antiangiogenesis factors - correct answer- suppress tumors
ability to grow new blood vessels


Blast crisis - correct answer- LAst phase of CML when 30% of
cells in blood or marrow are blasts.


Breast Cancer Staging Classification - correct answer- Stage 0
- In Situ
Stage 1 - Under 2 cm with (-) nodes
Stage 2 - <5 with ( ) nodes or >5 with (-) nodes
Stage 3 - > 5 with ( ) or any size with breast wall extension
Stage 4 - any distant mets


CA 125 - correct answer- tumor marker elevated in 80% of
ovarian cancer patients


CA 125 - correct answer- tumor marker in ovarian cancer,
evaluates treatment


CA 15-3 and CA 27-29 - correct answer- tumor marker used
to monitor response to treatment of invasive breast cancer

, CA 19-9 - correct answer- pancreatic tumor marker


CA 19-9 - correct answer- tumor marker for pancreatic
cancer


CA 19-9 - correct answer- tumor marker for pancreatic
cancer


CA 27-29 - correct answer- tumor marker


CA 27-29 - correct answer- tumor marker for breast cancer


CA 27-29 - correct answer- tumor marker for breast cancer


Calcium normal range - correct answer- 8.5-10.5 meq/L


Can innate immunity target specific pathogens? - correct
answer- No

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