The clinical nurse educator is presenting health promotion education to a patient who will be treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma on an outpatient basis. The nurse should recommend which of the following actions?
A) Avoiding direct sun exposure in excess of 15 minutes daily
B) Avoiding grapefruit juice and fresh grapefruit
C) Avoiding highly crowded public places
D) Using an electric shaver rather than a razor
Ans: C
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The risk of infection is significant for these patients, not only from treatment-related myelosuppression but also from the defective immune response that results from the disease itself. Limiting infection exposure is thus necessary. The need to avoid grapefruit is dependent on the patient's medication regimen. Sun exposure and the use of razors are not necessarily contraindicated.
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