NUR 2356 / NUR2356 Multidimensional Care I Exam 2/ MDC 1 Exam 2 Review | Best Rated Guide | Latest 2022/2023 | Rasmussen College
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NUR 2356 / NUR2356 Multidimensional Care I Exam 2/ MDC 1 Exam 2 Review | Best Rated Guide
1. A nurse explains a form of care that the child with cancer will be receiving. It is a specialized medical care with a serious illness and it can improve quality of life for the patient and the family. T...
NUR 2356 / NUR2356 Multidimensional Care I Exam 2/
MDC 1 Exam 2 Review | Best Rated Guide
1. A nurse explains a form of care that the child with cancer will be receiving. It is a
specialized medical care with a serious illness and it can improve quality of life for the
patient and the family. The child can still get curative treatment and this care can help
with decisions and information. What care is she describing?
- palliative care
2. What is considered end of life care when they are anticipated to live 6 months or less but
still may be able to get curative treatment?
- hospice care
3. What is used to diagnose sickle cell anemia?
- Hemoglobin electrophoresis
4. What happens when RBCs change from round to sickle shaped?
- Results in chronic hemolytic anemia and ischemic tissue injury
6. True or false: Osteosarcoma does not correlate with any age and can occur at any time
- FALSE!!
- occurs with onset of puberty
7. What is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood and the most common
cancer diagnosed in infancy
, - Neuroblastoma
8. What diet should a child be on 24 hours prior to diagnostic tests for brain tumor?
- low carb
9. A child presents to the hospital with signs of increased ICP, headache, nausea, vomiting
(esp in AM), abnormal gait, dizziness, change in vision or hearing, fatigue, and mental
status changes (behavioral issues). What should the nurse do to check increased ICP and
what are they suspicious of this child having?
- Check head circumference
- Suspicious of brain tumors
10. What specific diagnostic test is used for leukemia?
- Bone marrow aspiration (biopsy)
11. Why is a lumbar puncture done for leukemia?
- Determine CNS involvement - to check for blast cells
12. What patients receive intrathecal chemo and why?
- All patients
- 50% relapse without it
13. A nurse notices that her patient with AML is not responding well to treatment. What
should she recommend to the doctor?
A. Higher strength chemo
B. placed on hospice care
C. bone marrow transplant
D. continue with treatment and see if it will resolve itself
14. True or false: the closer the WBC count is to normal (5-10,000) at time of diagnosis, the
better the prognosis for ALL
, - True
15. A child presents to the hospital with a fever (persistent or recurrent with unknown cause),
recurrent infection, fatigue/malaise/listless, pallor, unusual bleeding or bruising,
abdominal/bone pain, nausea/vomiting, and headache. What could the child have?
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
16. What does a family history of retinoblastoma indicate
- ophthalmologic exams
17. When is retinoblastoma typically diagnosed?
- 1-2 years old
18. Is retinoblastoma hereditary or a genetic mutation
- Both
19. From what does a retinoblastoma arise
- embryonic retinal cells
20. Why should you never palpate the abdomen of a patient with Wilms tumor because it can
spread cancer cells and cause seeding
- - be careful with bathing and handling of the child
21. What are 2 treatment methods of Wilms tumor
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