It is time for the client's third round of chemotherapy for lung cancer
After checking the client's white blood count, the decision is made to delay the treatment for an additional week because of the low white blood count and the increased risk for infection. The client is upset at the delay. What is your best response? A. "This extra time will give your hair a chance to grow back in."
B. "I will call the physician and request a prescription for something to calm your nerves."
C. "Try not to worry. Your counts will probably be high enough next week and the chemotherapy will work just as well then."
D. "This delay is for the best because receiving the chemotherapy now would greatly increase your risks for skin-related complications."
C
Many clients are concerned that a delay in treatment will mean that they are missing a treatment and that the cancer cells will overgrow. Delayed treatments are not missed treatments and 1 week's additional growth time for lung cancer is not significant.
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The nurse is preparing to interview the hospitalized client. Which of the following statements by the client's nurse indicates that the interview should be postponed? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. "I can't seem to get her pain under control this morning." 2. "I just gave her morphine sulfate through her IV for pain about 20 minutes ago." 3. "She was anxious earlier and received some lorazepam." 4. "She's been oriented to ‘self' only since admission." 5. "I gave her some ibuprofen about 1 hour ago."
The nurse at the community clinic wants to know what clients perceive as their most important education needs. In order to get this information, the best approach of data collection would be a(n)
A) windshield survey. B) informant interview. C) simple constructed survey. D) participant observation interaction.