The parents of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia ask about the best approach for maintaining remission of the disease. What would be the most effective therapy?
a. Surgery to remove enlarged lymph nodes
b. Long-term chemotherapy
c. Nutritional supplements to enhance blood cell production
d. Blood transfusions to replace ineffective red cells
ANS: B
The treatment of choice is methotrexate, a chemotherapeutic agent, to produce remission.
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A) Her mother had gestational hypertension during pregnancy. B) The client has a twin sister. C) Her sister-in-law had gestational hypertension. D) This is the client's second pregnancy.
A client who has been diagnosed with a benign tumor asks the nurse how long it will be until the tumor begins to spread. The nurse should teach the client that:
1. malignant tumors are slow-growing. 2. benign tumors are encapsulated and local. 3. benign tumors spread through the lymphatic system. 4. malignant tumors are not invasive.
The nurse has worked for 8 years on an adult medical-surgical unit and is transferring to become an emergency department nurse. Which type of training will this nurse most likely need to become proficient in providing emergency nursing care?
1. Pediatric and obstetric nursing care 2. Managing the care of four or five patients simultaneously 3. Basic cardiac life support 4. Neurologic emergencies with the elderly
Employees and other onlookers consider decisions made by an organization's administrators or board of directors to be a(n) _________________of the organization's actual values
a. mission statement b. vision statement c. reflection d. pattern