What is the priority nursing diagnosis for the client receiving interleukin-2 (IL-2) therapy for cancer?
A. Risk for Injury related to excessive bleeding
B. Impaired Comfort related to drug side effect.
C. Deficient Fluid Volume related to persistent diarrhea
D. Risk for Infection related to drug-induced neutropenia
B
Clients receiving interleukin-2 (IL-2) therapy usually experience chills, fever, and rigors during the infusion, especially the first time they receive the drug. These reactions are a normal response to the administration of biological response modifiers such as IL-2 . Clients are treated for the discomfort symptomatically.
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1. Vygotsky 2. Skinner 3. Kohlberg 4. Piaget
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)