A 56-year-old man with a diagnosis of colorectal cancer has been told by his oncologist that chemotherapy will have the benefit of shrinking the man's tumor prior to bowel resection surgery. This patient's physician is describing
A) palliative therapy.
B) consolidation therapy.
C) maintenance therapy.
D) neoadjuvant therapy.
D
You might also like to view...
What method for financing healthcare is based on the ability to keep clients healthy and out of the hospital through periodic screening, health education, and preventive services?
A) Managed care B) Preferred provider organization C) Health maintenance organization D) Point-of-service organization
A merger has occurred between a hospital and a local home health agency, creating new roles for the nursing staff in both agencies. The nurse managers of both systems begin to evaluate and re-vise patient care processes and systems
With the merger, the healthcare organization's changes are: a. Creating more jobs in the community for registered nurses. b. Resulting in an overall loss of jobs for registered nurses. c. Controlled by the federal and state gov-ernments. d. Controlled by the insurance agency.
For a successful distributive education program, the institution:
a. must always offer students the option for distributed learning even if there is no faculty buy-in. b. should move forward with an initiative to offer distributive learning in order to stay competitive even when resources may not be in place. c. must match the goals and objectives for a distributive education initiative to the mission and goals of the institution. d. should offer distributive education as a way of making money and lowering operating costs.
A nurse has been out of school about 6 months. Which of the following would indicate that the nurse is having problems with burnout?
a. Having chronic fatigue, increased irrita-bility, and feelings of helplessness b. Feels angry regarding the type of care be-ing delivered and scheduling of staff cov-erage c. Signs up for extra courses for an advanced degree and works double shifts for extra money d. Is disorganized regarding patient care and has to stay late to finish shift work