Medications
Definitions
Keeping it simple
Risk Factors
Lay Mans Terms
100
Is an alkylating agent that causes nausea, vomiting, and cystitis.
What is cisplatin.
100
Growth of new cells from the host tissue.
What is angiogensis
100
Syngenetic bone marrow transplant means?
What is a donor from an identical twin.
100
Patient with Leukemia is on neutropenic precautions. What type of foods should not be allowed on the meal trays?
What is fresh fruits and salad (lettuce and tomato salad)
100
Malignant proliferation of plasma cells and tumors within the bone and soft tissue.
What is multiple myeloma?
200
What is an antimetabolites drug that causes nausea, vomiting, renal toxicity?
What is methotrexate.
200
substances produced by the immune system cells to enhance the function of the immune system.
What is Cytokins
200
Grading the tumor is to?
What is tumor cell classification.
200
What is not a normal characteristic of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma? (Presence of Reed Sternburg cells), (lymph, spleen, and liver involvement), (occurs most often in elderly), or (prognosis depends on the stage of disease).
What is often occurs in the elderly.
200
What type of blood disorder would I expect to see the patient experiencing tachycardia and dyspnea?
What is anemia.
300
This medication would be a priority with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma.
What is pain medication.
300
Innate process of programmed cell death.
What is apoptosis
300
Your 27 yr old male patient has Hodgkin's lymphoma in his abd and pelvic regions and is starting radiation. What information should you make sure he understands?
What is - sperm production will be permanetly disrupted.
300
What health problem should alert the nurse to the possiblity of anemia related to dietary deficiency?
What is chronic alcoholism?
300
The deformed shape of these cells make flowing through veins and arteries difficult due to clumping obstructing blood flow.
What is sickle cells
400
How does hydroxyurea benefit the patient with sickle cell disease?
What is prevents crisis by stimulating the RBC's to synthesize more hemoglobin F (hemaglobin like molecule made in the developing baby in the last 3 months of preg.)
400
A dry oral cavity caused by salivary gland dysfunction.
What is xerostomia
400
Increased monoclonal protien in serum and urine would be noted with what disorder?
What is multiple myeloma.
400
Your patient who has polycythermia vera, and is receiving phlebotomy treatments, hematocrit levels have risen from 55% to 75%. You suspect?
What is phlebotomy is no longer managing the problem.
400
A lump/mass attached firmly to the auxiliary wall of the breast area would indicate?
What is breast cancer
500
Your patient has hemophilia. What over the counter pain medications should you instruct them to use?
What is Tylenol.
500
A substance that can cause tissue necrosis.
What is Vesicant
500
You should educate your patient who has iron deficiency anemia to take thier iron with?
What is vitamin C.
500
Polycythemia vera increases the risk of a MI by?
What is the increased blood viscosity and workload of the heart.
500
What is the pathologic mechanism involved in aplastic anemia?
What is decreased bone marrow production of red blood cells.
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