You are about to administer a regimen containing doxorubicin to JG, 33 year-old male who is one month into a treatment course for testicular cancer. This is his first time receiving doxorubicin. The attending physician asks if there are any tests that need to be done. You respond:
A. We need liver function tests
B. We need a baseline EKG and ejection fraction data for the cardiac function test
C. We should check renal function
D. We need to check lipid levels
Ans: B. We need a baseline EKG and ejection fraction data for the cardiac function test
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The nurse is providing education to a patient who is being discharged home on antibiotic therapy. Which of the following statement(s) by the patient indicates further education is needed? (Select all that apply.)
a. "I should take antibiotics every time I am sick." b. "I should take all antibiotics as prescribed." c. "I should save all unused antibiotics." d. "I should stop taking antibiotics when I feel better."
Self-care teaching for a client with hypercalcemia should include
a. administering antidiarrheal medications. b. decreasing sodium and calcium intake. c. encouraging foods that increase urine acidity. d. restricting fluid intake to less than 1 liter a day.
Which best describes the pathogenesis of diarrhea?
A. It is infrequent uncontrolled passage of stool. B. It occurs when the large intestine reabsorbs too little water. C. It is an increase in the amount of bowel movements. D. It is an increase in frequency and fluidity of bowel movements.
Practices designed to interrupt the spread of certain highly transmissible diseases are
A. standard precautions. B. transmission-based precautions. C. negative-pressure precautions. D. universal precautions.