Patients receiving chemotherapy often ________ easily because many platelets have been destroyed.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
bruise
Patients receiving chemotherapy often bruise easily because many platelets have been destroyed.
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a. Replacing the use of the chemical with effective coping skills b. Placing the chemically dependent adolescent in a residential treatment program c. Finding a group home setting to which the adolescent will be able to adjust d. Isolating the adolescent from family and friends during withdrawal from the chemical
Which vascular lesion is red and blanches with palpation?
1) Venous star 2) Capillary angioma 3) Spider angioma 4) Port-wine stain
After implementing interventions and reassessing the client's response, the nurse completes the process by evaluating. Evaluation includes which of the following attributes?
1. Purposeful activity. 2. Nursing accountability. 3. Continuous. 4. Judgments. 5. Opinion.
The nurse is planning to perform an ear irrigation to remove a patient's cerumen. Which patient condition would contraindicate this procedure?
a. Previous hearing loss b. Chronic, severe earache c. Previous perforated eardrum d. Previous external ear infection