Why do we give GCSF - answer To reduce the risk of infection
Mag is low with what chemotherapy - answer Cisplatin
Why do we give mag after cisplatin - answer To reduce the risk of leg cramps,
tremors, hearing loss
What is a fever in the first 3 days after surgery caused by - answer Atelectasis
What do you say if a patient is scared their younger siblings wont remember them -
answer You will leave a legacy
If grandfather is watching nurse as she does dressing changes and cares for the child's
what should the nurse ask - answer How much the grandfather actually knows about
the child's diagnosis
Dying patient no longer wants to be treated and wishes to attend classes at school on
campus - answer Let them do what they wish
If patient is claustrophobic with a nasal cannula/ face mask what should you do> -
answer Give bronchodilator or non rebreather
If a patient is anxious and nauseous what should you give - answer Ativan
Radiation recall after what chemo therapies - answer Doxorubicin, vincristine,
cisplatin
What does an MIBG scan do - answer Diagnose Neuroblastoma
What do you give to protect the thyroid in an MIBG scan - answer Given k iodine
What does a radiation level over 55 cause - answer Permanent hair loss
What can happen to parents when child is diagnosed - answer Withdrawal
Which system is chemo the hardest on - answer Skin
Which chemo causes mucositis in HSCT conditioning - answer Cytarabine
Clinical symptoms of typhilits - answer RLQ pain, increased WBC, fever
What is typhilits caused by - answer Pseudomonas aeruginosa
, If a child is having difficulty hearing after RT what should you do - answer Get
another hearing exam to compare to baseline -alkylating agents cause this
If a patient reports they feel more comfortable sitting up on a couch what does this
mean - answer Cardiac issues: cardiac tamponade
Diagnosis of SCD - answer Hemoglobin electrophoresis
PEG facts - answer Patient prone to blood clotting, emergency meds, stay for 60
minutes after
Platelet level for PEG - answer 15
Importance of treating priapism - answer Urinary retention can happen
CD that is most favorable - answer CD10
Triad with cardiac tamponade - answer Beck's
Genetic alterations in most leukemias - answer Translocation
Which leukemia has bone pain - answer ALL (not AML)
What is beck's triad - answer Muffled heart sounds, distended neck vein,
hypotension's
Which leukemia presents with a rash - answer JMML
What diagnosis would be a brother and a sister with nose bleeds - answer Von
willebrand disease
ANC equation - answer WBC x (% neutrophils (polyp/seg) + % bands)/100
Which new dx would parents need genetic counseling - answer Retinoblastoma
Phase 1 of clinical trial - answer Maximum tolerated dose
Phase 2 clinical trial - answer Observing efficacy of drug
Phase 3 clinical trial - answer Tests against current treatment
Phase 4 clinical trail - answer Long term studies anger they have been FDA
approved
What would you give desmopressin for - answer Hemophilia