The nurse should identify which cytotoxic anticancer agent as most likely to cause
pulmonary toxicity in the patient?
Antimetabolites
Nonanthracyclines
Nitrogen mustards
Platinum compounds
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Nonanthracyclines
A patient undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia experiences
confusion and liver injury. The nurse attributes these adverse effects to which drug?
Valrubicin
Vinblastine
Hydroxyurea
Asparaginase
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Asparaginase
The nurse is preparing to administer doxorubicin intravenously (IV) to a patient with
breast cancer. Which actions does the nurse take? Select all that apply.
,Give a diuretic after the infusion.
Ensure the patency of the IV site.
Tell the patient the urine will turn red.
Place the patient on a cardiac monitor.
Infuse normal saline for the preceding 24 hours.
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Ensure the patency of IV site
tell the patient the urine will turn red
place the patient on a cardiac monitor
The nurse is preparing to administer the first dose of intravenous cetuximab. To
prevent a complication, the nurse should have which medication readily available?
Epinephrine
, Furosemide
Phytonadione
Calcium gluconate
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Epinephrine
What is Cisplatin approved to treat?
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Metastatic testicular cancer
ovarian cancer
Advanced bladder cancer
Which statements regarding treatment modalities for cancer does the nurse identify
as true? Select all that apply.
pulmonary toxicity in the patient?
Antimetabolites
Nonanthracyclines
Nitrogen mustards
Platinum compounds
,Give this one a try later!
Nonanthracyclines
A patient undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia experiences
confusion and liver injury. The nurse attributes these adverse effects to which drug?
Valrubicin
Vinblastine
Hydroxyurea
Asparaginase
Give this one a try later!
Asparaginase
The nurse is preparing to administer doxorubicin intravenously (IV) to a patient with
breast cancer. Which actions does the nurse take? Select all that apply.
,Give a diuretic after the infusion.
Ensure the patency of the IV site.
Tell the patient the urine will turn red.
Place the patient on a cardiac monitor.
Infuse normal saline for the preceding 24 hours.
Give this one a try later!
Ensure the patency of IV site
tell the patient the urine will turn red
place the patient on a cardiac monitor
The nurse is preparing to administer the first dose of intravenous cetuximab. To
prevent a complication, the nurse should have which medication readily available?
Epinephrine
, Furosemide
Phytonadione
Calcium gluconate
Give this one a try later!
Epinephrine
What is Cisplatin approved to treat?
Give this one a try later!
Metastatic testicular cancer
ovarian cancer
Advanced bladder cancer
Which statements regarding treatment modalities for cancer does the nurse identify
as true? Select all that apply.
