NUR 2392 Multidimensional Care II / MDC 2 Exam 1 A patient has a positive HX of colon cancer. Which of the following is a recommendation you would want them to adhere to? The patient asks the nurse how radiation works to destroy cancer cells. How would you respond? A patient asks the nurse to exp...
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NUR 2392 Multidimensional Care II / MDC 2 Exam 1
A patient has a positive HX of colon cancer. Which of the following is a recommendation you
would want them to adhere to?
- Encourage baseline colonoscopy screening
The patient asks the nurse how radiation works to destroy cancer cells. How would you
respond?
- The goal of radiation therapy is to destroy the cancer cells, while minimizing further damage
to the boy.
A patient asks the nurse to explain what radiation exposure refers to, which response is
correct?
- it refers to the amount of radiation being delivered
A patient asks the nurse to explain the difference between a benign tumor and a malignant
tumor. What is an appropriate response?
- a benign tumor is a normal cells growing in the wrong place at the wrong time, but they are
not cancerous
A patient is undergoing chemotherapy and is receiving education about the reduction of
infection risk, which action reduces the risk of infection
- Hand hygiene
A patient would like to know what it means that her breast cancer has metastasized.
- Cancer cells have moved from their primary site
The patient who has undergone which procedure is at most risk for hypocalcemia
- thyroidectomy
, What serum laboratory value does the nurse expect to see with a patient who is hypokalemic?
- potassium less than 3.5
The nurse uses which phrase to describe palliative care?
- patient care with focus on treatment of sympatientoms
A nurse is caring for a 72-year-old female, she has a diagnosis of dehydration. Which of the
following nursing diagnoses should NOT be included in their plan?
- Fluid volume overload
A nurse is caring for a patient that recently diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing
chemotherapy. A review of the morning labs show they have hyperphosphatemia,
hyperkalemia, hyperuricemia. Based on the laboratory findings, what condition are you
expected to find?
- Tumor lysis syndrome
A nurse is caring for a patient recently diagnosed with cancer and they are exhibiting signs and
sympatientoms of superior vena syndrome. Which would be priority for relief of airway
obstruction?
- high dose of radiation
A nurse is caring for a patient that was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Based on testing
there is no indication that cancer has spread to the other organs. The patient is scheduled for
surgery to have a lobectomy performed. This classification of surgery is what type of
treatment?
- Curative
A patient has CHF and they have renal failure. Which of these statements by the patient
requires further education to avoid hypervolemia epos ides?
- I'm going to eat ham instead of chicken
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