KAPLAN ONCOLOGY A NGN UPDATE
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
The home health nurse assesses a client with lung cancer who
reports waking with severe headaches over the past week, along
with sudden nausea, drooling, and vomiting. After completing a
neurological assessment, which action does the nurse take next?
- Answer: 1. Contact the health care provider.
On the evening before a scheduled lung biopsy, a client says to
the nurse, "Do you think I have cancer?" Which response by the
nurse is best? - Answer: -. "You sound worried about what they
might find tomorrow."
The nurse makes a home care visit to a client receiving
chemotherapy for treatment of cancer. The client has a low
white blood cell (WBC) count of 3,500/mm³ (3.5 * 10 ^ 9 / L)
Which observation, if made by the nurse, requires an
intervention? - Answer: -. The client spends time pulling weeds
in the garden.
A client experiences numbness and decreased sensation in both
, lower extremities during the course of treatment with
vinblastine. The nurse instructs the client to take which action? -
Answer: 3. Ambulate carefully with a broad-based gait.
- The nurse knows which finding is the most life-threatening
adverse effect of chemotherapy? - Answer: Bone marrow
suppression.
The nurse provides care for a newborn client diagnosed with
cryptorchidism. For which reason would orchiopexy be
recommended if the client's testicle has not descended by 18-24
months of age? - Answer: 1. The testicle may become
cancerous.
A client diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
begins menstruating. The nurse takes which action first? -
Answer: 5. Weighs the client's pads and tampons before and
after use.
The home health nurse visits a client undergoing teletherapy for
treatment of breast cancer. The nurse will include which
intervention in the client's plan of care? (Select all that apply.) -
Answer: 1. Avoid applications of heat or cold.
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
The home health nurse assesses a client with lung cancer who
reports waking with severe headaches over the past week, along
with sudden nausea, drooling, and vomiting. After completing a
neurological assessment, which action does the nurse take next?
- Answer: 1. Contact the health care provider.
On the evening before a scheduled lung biopsy, a client says to
the nurse, "Do you think I have cancer?" Which response by the
nurse is best? - Answer: -. "You sound worried about what they
might find tomorrow."
The nurse makes a home care visit to a client receiving
chemotherapy for treatment of cancer. The client has a low
white blood cell (WBC) count of 3,500/mm³ (3.5 * 10 ^ 9 / L)
Which observation, if made by the nurse, requires an
intervention? - Answer: -. The client spends time pulling weeds
in the garden.
A client experiences numbness and decreased sensation in both
, lower extremities during the course of treatment with
vinblastine. The nurse instructs the client to take which action? -
Answer: 3. Ambulate carefully with a broad-based gait.
- The nurse knows which finding is the most life-threatening
adverse effect of chemotherapy? - Answer: Bone marrow
suppression.
The nurse provides care for a newborn client diagnosed with
cryptorchidism. For which reason would orchiopexy be
recommended if the client's testicle has not descended by 18-24
months of age? - Answer: 1. The testicle may become
cancerous.
A client diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
begins menstruating. The nurse takes which action first? -
Answer: 5. Weighs the client's pads and tampons before and
after use.
The home health nurse visits a client undergoing teletherapy for
treatment of breast cancer. The nurse will include which
intervention in the client's plan of care? (Select all that apply.) -
Answer: 1. Avoid applications of heat or cold.
