The patient is trying to decide whether or not to use targeted cancer therapy. In teaching patients about targeted cancer therapy, the nurse teaches the patient that side effects:
a. frequently include hypotension and hirsutism.
b. are generally dose limiting.
c. usually are minor.
d. are usually predictable and may be treated proactively.
ANS: D
Side effects may be anticipated and treated proactively. Side effects include high blood pressure and alopecia. They may be significant.
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When a 25-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with nonspecific urethritis, the nurse is prompted to inquire about the patient's use of:
a. tight-fitting underwear. b. alcohol consumption. c. bath salts. d. bicycle exercise.
Which is TRUE about survival with pancreatic cancer?
a. 50% live long term > five years c. 75% live over one year b. < 25% survive one year d. < 5% live ten years post diagnosis
A client is being sent into the labor and birth unit for a serial induction of labor. The Bishop's score is 7. What would the nurse anticipate as the sequence of treatment planned for this client?
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