Oncology Care
This tumor marker is used to monitor prostate cancer.
What is PSA?
This term describes a lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements, often seen in stroke patients attempting to ambulate.
What is ataxia?
This gait disturbance places Parkinson’s patients at a high risk for falls.
What is shuffling gait?
This type of anemia results from vitamin B12 deficiency.
What is pernicious anemia?
Gloves should always be worn when there is potential contact with these fluids.
What are body fluids?
Surgery aimed at increasing comfort for patients when a cure is not possible.
What is palliative surgery?
This language disorder impairs a patient’s ability to produce spoken or written language, even though comprehension remains intact.
What is expressive aphasia?
A positive result of this test is a hallmark of meningitis.
What is the Brudzinski sign?
This blood product is administered to treat thrombocytopenia.
What are platelets?
This antiviral medication class inhibits enzymes to prevent viral replication in HIV.
What are antiretroviral medications?
This type of cancer originates in the bone.
What is sarcoma?
The postical period of a generalized seizure lasts for how long?
What is 30 minutes to several hours?
This condition is characterized by unilateral paralysis and aphasia, often caused by a stroke.
What is hemiparesis?
These are two key lab tests used to monitor the effectiveness of iron therapy.
What are hemoglobin and hematocrit?
This test monitors the response to HIV antiviral therapy.
What is viral load testing?
The presence of these cells is diagnostic of Hodgkin lymphoma.
What are Reed-Sternberg cells?
This language disorder results in a patient being unable to comprehend spoken or written language, despite being able to speak fluently.
What is receptive aphasia?
This medication is used to treat ischemic strokes within a 4.5-hour window.
What is tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)?
This condition is indicated by sickled red blood cells blocking blood flow.
What is a sickle cell crisis?
This syndrome, characterized by chest pain and dyspnea, is an oncological emergency in lung cancer patients.
What is superior vena cava syndrome?
This life-threatening complication is indicated by bleeding from venipuncture sites.
What is disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)?
A patient got hit with a baseball bat, and the LPN noticed changes in heart and respiratory rate, as well as diaphoresis. Why would you notify the RN immediately?
What is I suspect the patient has a brain injury?
This degenerative neurological disorder is associated with a genetic mutation.
What is Huntington’s disease?
This is the first priority assessment for a patient in sickle cell crisis.
What is neurological status?
The most critical first action when a patient receiving a blood transfusion develops chills and shortness of breath.
What is stopping the blood infusion?