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Nursing- Saunders- Oncology – Q&AThe health education nurse reinforces instructions to a group of clients
regarding measures that will assist in preventing skin cancer. Which
instructions should the nurse reinforce to the client? Select all that apply.
✔️Ans - Use sunscreen when participating in outdoor activities.
Wear a hat, opaque clothing, and sunglasses when in the sun.
Examine your body monthly for any lesions that may be suspicious.
The nurse is assisting with developing a plan of care for the client with
multiple myeloma. Which is a priority nursing intervention for this client?
✔️Ans - Encouraging fluids
The nurse is assisting with conducting a health-promotion program to
community members regarding testicular cancer. The nurse determines the
need for further teaching if a community member states that which is a
sign/symptom of testicular cancer? ✔️Ans - Alopecia
The nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client with leukemia who
has received a regimen of chemotherapy. Which laboratory finding would
provide information about the massive cell destruction that occurs with the
chemotherapy? ✔️Ans - Increased uric acid level
The client is receiving external radiation to the neck for cancer of the larynx.
The nurse monitors the client knowing that which is the most likely
side/adverse effect of the external radiation? ✔️Ans - Sore throat
The nurse is reinforcing instructions to a client receiving external radiation
therapy. The nurse determines that the client needs further teaching if the
client states an intention to take which action? ✔️Ans - Apply pressure on
the radiated area to prevent bleeding.
The nurse is caring for a client with an internal radiation implant. The nurse
should observe which principle? ✔️Ans - Pregnant women are not allowed
into the client's room.
, The nurse provides skin care instructions to the client who is receiving
external radiation therapy. Which statement by the client indicates the need
for further teaching? ✔️Ans - "I will limit sun exposure to 1 hour daily."
The client is hospitalized for the insertion of an internal cervical radiation
implant. While giving care, the nurse finds the radiation implant in the bed.
Which is the immediate nursing action? ✔️Ans - Pick up the implant with
long-handled forceps and place into a lead container.
The nurse is assisting with developing a plan of care for a client who is
experiencing hematological toxicity as a result of chemotherapy. The nurse
should suggest including which in the plan of care? ✔️Ans - Restricting
fresh fruits and vegetables in the diet
The client with carcinoma of the lung develops the syndrome of inappropriate
antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) as a complication of the cancer. The nurse
anticipates that which may be prescribed to treat this complication? Select all
that apply. ✔️Ans - Radiation
Chemotherapy
Serum sodium blood levels
Medication that is antagonistic to antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
The client is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of suspected Hodgkin's
disease. Which finding should the nurse most likely expect to find documented
in the client's record? ✔️Ans - Enlarged lymph nodes
When reviewing the health care record of a client with ovarian cancer, the
nurse recognizes which sign/symptom as being a typical manifestation of the
disease? ✔️Ans - Abdominal Distention
The nurse is caring for a client after a mastectomy. Which finding would
indicate that the client is experiencing a complication related to the surgery?
✔️Ans - Arm edema on the operative side
The nurse is reinforcing discharge instructions to a client with cancer of the
prostate after a prostatectomy. The nurse should reinforce which discharge
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