List five forms of therapy used in the treatment of cancer
What will be an ideal response?
chemotherapy, hormone therapy, surgery, radiation therapy (or radiotherapy), immunotherapy
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A nurse is caring for a patient who has been diagnosed with dementia due to Parkinson disease. The patient has never heard of Parkinson disease and asks what causes it. What will the nurse explain is the etiology of this disorder?
1. Death of neurons 2. Presence of Lewy bodies 3. Inheritance of a dominant gene 4. Presence of an infectious process
A terminally ill client is demonstrating gurgling respirations. The nurse realizes that this client is
1. improving. 2. experiencing pain. 3. trying to talk. 4. nearing death.
A family with a newborn who is severely handicapped has many choices to make. Regardless of choices made, what would make this family be considered a vulnerable high-risk family?
A. All of the possible choices related to the situation have negative consequences. B. If an acute illness occurs in one of the child's caregivers, professional caregivers will have to be hired. C. Such families typically welcome someone else taking responsibility for them. D. The family will soon have a lifestyle of depending on others for resources.
During her interactions with a primipara mother, the nurse notices that the mother rarely interacts with the infant unless the infant begins to cry vigorously. She appears relieved when a nurse comes to check on the infant
What is the appropriate nursing intervention for this patient? 1. Ask the mother if she has previous experience caring for babies, and then teach her how to interact appropriately with her infant. 2. Contact Social Services with concerns of neglect. 3. Provide the care the infant needs while continuing to evaluate the mother's actions. 4. Take the infant to the nursery so it can receive more consistent care.