Radiotherapy Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NEW GENERATION HESI PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TEST BANK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | REAL EXAMS After talking with the healthcare provider, a male client continues to have questions about the results of a prostatic surface antigen (PSA) screening test and asks the nurse how the PSA levels become elevated. The nurse should explain which pathophysiological mechanism? A. As the prostate gland enlarges, its cells contribute more PSA in the circulating blood. Correct B. The PSA levels normally rise and fall...

Advanced Patho HESI Questions and Answers Rated A+ The nurse hears short, high-pitched sounds just before the end of inspiration in the right and left lower lobes when auscultating a client's lungs. How should this finding be recorded? Fine crackles are short, high pitched sounds heard just before the end of inspiration that are the result of rapid equalization of pressure when collapsed alveoli or terminal bronchioles suddenly snap open. The nurse is assessing an older client and determines t...

cancer treatment modalities - Answer -surgery -radiotherapy pallative, definitive intent -chemotherapy -immunotherapy therapeutic vaccine against canine melanoma -targeted therapies toceranib phosphate (palladia) radiation therapy - Answer ways to use radiation -external beam radiotherapy -radioiodine therapy for feline hyperthyroidism -strontium-90 plesiotherapy superficial what is radiotherapy - Answer -treatment of neoplasia with ionizing radiation -ionizing radiation ...

Radiotherapy - Answer - ionizing radiation used in treatment of cancer. electrons accelerated at high speed. speed broken down by metal target, producing gamma beams. works by damaging DNA Two types of damage - Answer 1) Lethal damage - kills cells 2) sub-lethal damage - damages cell, and the damage can (sometimes) be repaired Tumor radiosensitivity - Answer depends on 1) immediate damage of the cell, 2) ability of cells to repair DNA-damage characteristics of cancer cells - Answ...

Radiotherapy questions with correct answers

Radiotherapy questions with correct answers

NURS 6521 / NURS6521 Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam | Graded A| Question and Answers | Latest 2022 / 2023 1. A female patient has follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is receiving thalidomide (Thalomid). It will be most important for the nurse to monitor this patient for which of the following? ~ Answer: Bleeding 2. A nurse has administered filgrastim to a diverse group of patients in recent months. Which of the following patients should the nurse observe for extremely eleva...

This document contains extensive notes of the lectures of the KW seminars that belong to the second exam of oncology. Many pictures are included with an explanations. It is in it English because the exam will also be in English. There is also a document available with notes of the other lectures and book.

hesi GI Evolv - medsurge2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!! 2024/ 2025[NEXT GEN] A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). The nurse should monitor the client for which complications? (Select all that apply.) 1 Phlebitis 2 Infection 3 Hepatitis 4 Anorexia 5 Dysrhythmias - CORRECT ANSWER Phlebitis Infection A client eats a meal that contains 13 g of fat, 31 g of carbohydrates, and 5 g of protei...

hesi GI Evolv - medsurge2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!! 2024/ 2025[NEXT GEN] A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). The nurse should monitor the client for which complications? (Select all that apply.) 1 Phlebitis 2 Infection 3 Hepatitis 4 Anorexia 5 Dysrhythmias - CORRECT ANSWER Phlebitis Infection A client eats a meal that contains 13 g of fat, 31 g of carbohydrates, and 5 g of protei...