A patient is receiving irinotecan (Camptosar),
along with other antineoplastic drugs, as treatment for ovarian cancer. The nurse will monitor for which potentially life-threatening adverse effect that is associated with this drug?
a. Severe stomatitis
b. Bone marrow suppression
c. Delayed-onset cholinergic diarrhea
d. Immediate and severe nausea and vomiting
ANS: C
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Information and communications technology is essential to nursing practice to: a. support development and disseminate newknowledge
b. support and empower an individual's decisionmaking and healthcare choices. c. a and b. d. none of the above.
A patient asks the community/public health nurse why there has been an increase in the number of self-help programs in the community. What was one factor that led to the popularity of these programs?
a. Community mental health centers wanted to avoid paying professionals to work as counselors. b. Families were unhappy with professional care and helped their family members to "do it yourself." c. There was a lack of professionals available to fulfill these needed responsibilities. d. Patients chose to do this to give their lives meaning by making a difference to someone else through giving as well as receiving.
A psychiatric nurse best implements the ethical principle of autonomy when he or she:
a. intervenes when a self-mutilating patient attempts to harm self. b. stays with a patient who is demonstrating a high level of anxiety. c. suggests that two patients who are fighting be restricted to the unit. d. explores alternative solutions with a patient, who then makes a choice.
Which antilipemic agent is most potent?
a. Niacin b. HMG CoA reductase inhibitor c. Bile acid-binding resin d. Fibric acid