A client who is scheduled to begin chemotherapy for cancer is overheard telling a family member that everything will eventually be okay and the cancer will be in remission. This client is demonstrating which of the following?
a. Fatalism
b. Love
c. Spirituality
d. Hope
Ans: d. Hope
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An 87-year-old woman undergoes extensive surgery for an acoustic neuroma (a benign tumor of the inner ear), and 6 hours after surgery, she hemorrhages and goes into a coma
After awaking and 2 months of therapy, she is transferred to a long-term care facility. Due to damage in the midbrain, the nurse caring for the patient will expect the patient to exhibit what? A) Difficulty in sleeping B) Difficulty in hearing C) Difficulty in distinguishing hot and cold D) Difficulty in speaking
The nurse makes a mistake when charting in the patient's record. To correct this mistake the nurse should
a. use correction fluid to cover the mistake and make the correct entry. b. blot out the error with black ink and make the correct entry. c. erase the error and write over it. d. cross out the error with a single line, then date, time, and sign the correction.
A client is receiving interleukin-2 (IL-2) as part of the therapeutic plan to manage malignant melanoma. The nurse should emphasize the ability of this agent to
a. increase oxygenation to cells that are not malignant. b. physically dissolve the tumor mass. c. replace damaged and diseased cells from bone marrow. d. strengthen the client's immune response.
A conversion factor is a fraction or ratio made of two quantities that are _____________ to each other but
expressed in different units. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word