CHEMO CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. T/F Chemotherapy consenting is to be
True
performed by the patient's attending
physician
New
2. A consent is required if the chemo is
being used in a new way and/or a new drug
is added to the regimen.
3. T/F A patient can leave their shoes on when height and False
weight are obtained ONLY if the patient is
suffering from peripheral neuropathy.
4. Who determines if actual, ideal, or adjusted Physician
body weight is to be used in chemo
dosing?
Carboplatin
5. The Calvert formula is used to calculate the
dose of what drug?
6. What does the AUC measure? Area under the
curve/drug
exposure
7. T/F Mrs. S is receiving Carboplatin dosed with an
AUC True
of 6 and Mrs. H is receiving Carboplatin with AUC of
2. The nurse knows Mrs. S. may have more
toxicity to the drug since her AUC is higher
than Mrs. H.
8. A UPMC fellow cannot write orders push
independently in the first should be
administer
9. chemotherapy administered IV ed at a
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, CHEMO CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+
rate of 5mL/minute and blood return should 3 months
be assessed after every
mL of drug administered.
Vesicant, 3
10. True
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, CHEMO CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+
T/F The most accurate method to measure
creatinine clearance is to collect urine for 24
hours to measure level
11. T/F When administering an IV push med, the True
nurse should open the clamp of compatible IV
solution until increased flow is seen to dilute
the agent during ad-ministration.
12. During the 2 RN check, the correct patient and dose is
bedside/chairside
to be verified at the
13. Continuous infusion of vesicants must be through a central line
14. Excretion safety precautions last for _______to days. 3-7
15. T/F When evaluating a patient prior to False
chemo, the nurse notes the patient recently
had weight loss. The nurse recalculates the dose
and discovers a change in the dose greater than
10%. The next step for the nurse is to notify the
attending physician that the patient will
need re-consented because of the dose
adjustment
16. Alkylating agents are cell cycle non-specific. They work dividing
on and resting cells.
17. Alkylating agents are effective in slow growing tumors dividing
cells
and large tumors that have few actively
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, CHEMO CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+
18. List 3 toxicities common in all alkylating agents Nausea, vomiting,
myelo-
suppression,
infertility,
hypersensitivity
reactions, alopecia,
secondary ma-
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ANSWERS |ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. T/F Chemotherapy consenting is to be
True
performed by the patient's attending
physician
New
2. A consent is required if the chemo is
being used in a new way and/or a new drug
is added to the regimen.
3. T/F A patient can leave their shoes on when height and False
weight are obtained ONLY if the patient is
suffering from peripheral neuropathy.
4. Who determines if actual, ideal, or adjusted Physician
body weight is to be used in chemo
dosing?
Carboplatin
5. The Calvert formula is used to calculate the
dose of what drug?
6. What does the AUC measure? Area under the
curve/drug
exposure
7. T/F Mrs. S is receiving Carboplatin dosed with an
AUC True
of 6 and Mrs. H is receiving Carboplatin with AUC of
2. The nurse knows Mrs. S. may have more
toxicity to the drug since her AUC is higher
than Mrs. H.
8. A UPMC fellow cannot write orders push
independently in the first should be
administer
9. chemotherapy administered IV ed at a
1/
46
, CHEMO CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+
rate of 5mL/minute and blood return should 3 months
be assessed after every
mL of drug administered.
Vesicant, 3
10. True
2/
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, CHEMO CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+
T/F The most accurate method to measure
creatinine clearance is to collect urine for 24
hours to measure level
11. T/F When administering an IV push med, the True
nurse should open the clamp of compatible IV
solution until increased flow is seen to dilute
the agent during ad-ministration.
12. During the 2 RN check, the correct patient and dose is
bedside/chairside
to be verified at the
13. Continuous infusion of vesicants must be through a central line
14. Excretion safety precautions last for _______to days. 3-7
15. T/F When evaluating a patient prior to False
chemo, the nurse notes the patient recently
had weight loss. The nurse recalculates the dose
and discovers a change in the dose greater than
10%. The next step for the nurse is to notify the
attending physician that the patient will
need re-consented because of the dose
adjustment
16. Alkylating agents are cell cycle non-specific. They work dividing
on and resting cells.
17. Alkylating agents are effective in slow growing tumors dividing
cells
and large tumors that have few actively
3/
46
, CHEMO CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS |ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM |ALREADY GRADED A+
18. List 3 toxicities common in all alkylating agents Nausea, vomiting,
myelo-
suppression,
infertility,
hypersensitivity
reactions, alopecia,
secondary ma-
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