The nurse wants to evaluate a nursing student's understanding of chemotherapy. The nurse asks, "Which of the following would be a major impediment to successful chemotherapy?" Select the student's best response
a. "The patient's reluctance about the doses administered."
b. "The patient's degree of nausea."
c. "The toxicity of anticancer drugs to normal tissues."
d. "Difficulty attaining and maintaining venous access."
C
The major impediment to successful chemotherapy is the toxicity of anticancer drugs to normal tissues.
The patient's reluctance regarding the dose is vague and not a good choice.
The patient's degree of nausea should not be an issue, because many good antiemetics may be given prophylactically.
The question does not address whether the chemotherapy is administered PO or IV, therefore this response would be an assumption.
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