The nurse uses many precautions during IV administration of vesicant chemotherapeutic agents, primarily to prevent
a. septicemia
b. extravasation
c. catheter occlusion
d. anaphylactic shock
b. extravasation
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1. exercise 2. smoking history 3. occupation 4. diet
How will you manage this situation? Provide reasons for your response
You are working with a plastic surgeon as the instrument nurse. Your patient is a young model who is having numerous skin lesions excised from her face and neck. Towards the end of the procedure, the surgical assistant is called away to see a patient in the emergency department. You are preparing for the count of instruments and needles with your circulating nurse. The surgeon asks if you are able to hold the skin hooks to retract the patient's skin. It is the final lesion to be excised and it is on the patient's cheek close to her eye. What will be an ideal response?
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True False
Which of the following individuals with diarrhea for 3 days are more likely to suffer from fluid and electrolyte imbalance?
A) Infant B) School-age child C) Adolescent D) Young adult