A patient on anticoagulant therapy should avoid excessive amounts of:
1. vitamin C.
2. vitamin D.
3. vitamin E.
4. vitamin K.
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The patient should eat a normal, balanced diet but should avoid eating excessive amounts of foods such as leafy, green vegetables high in the water-soluble vitamin K.
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A patient with a diagnosis of bladder cancer is started on a chemotherapeutic regimen that includes three agents. What is the rationale for using multiple antineoplastic agents?
A) The use of three agents decreases the development of cell resistance. B) The use of three agents increases adherence to treatment. C) The use of three agents increases the serum levels of one of the agents. D) The use of three agents decreases the total adverse effects.
A patient diagnosed with cancer and scheduled to begin biotherapy asks the nurse how the therapy will treat the cancer. How should the nurse respond to this patient?
1. "It changes the body processes that caused the cancer by enhancing your own immunity." 2. "It uses radiation implanted into the organ with the cancer." 3. "It uses laser therapy to remove the cancer." 4. "It uses stem cells to treat the cancer."
Planned change is a purposeful, systematic effort to alter or bring about change. What occurs next after alternative solutions to a problem are determined and analyzed?
A) All of the alternative solutions are implemented. B) A course of action is chosen from among the alternatives. C) The effects of the change are evaluated. D) The change is stabilized and established.
You should write a thank-you note:
a. Within 24 hours after the interview b. The week after the interview c. Two weeks after the interview d. When you have the time