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Disease Process
100
Which lab value would you expect to be abnormal with hemophilia?
What is partial thromboplastin time
100
Female patient has painless vaginal bleeding, leg, flank, and pelvis pain. You expect the MD will perform what procedure?
What is pap smear
100
When administering antineoplastic agents you as the nurse should dispose of them where?
What is special hazardous waste receptacle.
100
Hemolytic anemia is associated with all of the following except? (abnormality in the circulation of plasma) (defect in the erythrocyte) (decrease in the reticulocyte count) (elevated indirect bilirubin)
What is decrease in the retic count
100
A patient exposed to HIV virus about 3 months ago has seroconverted to an HIV + status. The nurse knows the patient will experience what at this time?
What is no signs and symptoms. Seroconversion is a part of the immune response. When people develop antibodies to HIV, they "seroconvert" from antibody-negative to antibody-positive. In other words seroconversion has occurred. It may take from as little as 1 week to several months or more after infection with HIV for antibodies to the virus to develop. After antibodies to HIV appear in the blood, a person will test positive on antibody tests.
200
Your patient who has hemophilia has developed joint pain in his knee. What should you as the nurse do?
What is apply cold compress to the joint.
200
Your anemia patient has developed peripheral numbness and poor circulation. Family is reporting confusing at times. You suspect what type of anemia?
What is vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
200
Patient recently finished a course of chemotherapy and is now experiencing hypotension. You should suspect?
What is Immune dysfunction
200
Your patient who has been diagnosed with polycythemia vera and has a potassium level of 7.5 mEq/L. What should you do?
What is report the results to the MD
200
Patient is admitted with Hodgkin's lymphoma. During your assessment you would expect to find?
What is enlarged, firm nontender nodes in the supraclavicular area
300
Post operative bleeding, dental extraction bleeding, and a prolonged bleeding time would all be expected with what disease process?
What is von Willebrand's Disease.
300
Tumor tissue is encapsulated, what type of cell am I?
What is benign cell.
300
Cells that bare little resemblance to the normal cells of the tissue from which they arose.
What is malignant cells
300
When dealing with aplastic anemia you would expect to see what changes to RBC's?
What is decreased bone marrow production of red blood cells.
300
Your patient is complaining of nausea and vomiting after receiving today's dose of chemotherapy. What type of diet should you offer the patient?
What is cool, clear liquids
400
Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, MRI, and bone scane would all be used to diagnosis what disorder?
What is Ewing's sarcoma.
400
Cordotomy is a example of?
What is palliative surgery
400
What is the procedure where liquid nitrogen is used to freeze a cervical cancer?
What is cryosurgery
400
Mylotarg is administered for?
What is Leukemia
400
How does Tamoxifen help fight breast cancer?
What is an agent that blocks the receptors for your naturally occurring estrogen, reducing the availability to the cancer cells. (breast cancer needs estrogen to grow)
500
This is a major disadvantage of chemotherapy.
What is targets normal body cells as well as cancer cells.
500
Your patient is currently being treated with radiation for oral cancer. Her mammogram is due. The patient says, I guess I can cancel my mammogram since Im currently receiving radiation I should be covered". Your response is?
What is Treating one type of cancer does not mean you wont get another form, take the mammogram.
500
Your patient has been diagnosed with lung cancer with mets to the brain. The family needs to be aware that which are the following are signs and symtoms of metastatic brain disease?
What is personality changes
500
Avastin is administered for?
What is colorectal cancer.
500
Patient came in with a brain tumor. Which clinical manifestations would you expect to find?
What is headache, visual changes, and vomiting
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