Risk Factors/S&S
Most common cause of lung cancer
What is smoking (or inhaled carcinogens)?
Major concern (side effect) of the medication hydroxyurea
Nursing interventions for swollen joints in client with sickle cell disease
What are elevate and support joints?
Complication of chemotherapy the nurse is addressing when she teaches to use soft-bristled toothbrushes and electric razors
What is thrombocytopenia?
Leading cancer killer of men and women in the United States
What is lung cancer
Most frequent symptom of lung cancer
What is cough or change in cough?
Side effect of chemotherapy that puts clients at risk for bleeding
What is thrombocytopenia?
Lab changes consistent with sickle cell disease
What are decreased hemoglobin and hematocrit and elevated reticulocytes?
Type of prevention that includes teaching clients about smoking prevention and avoiding second hand smoke
What is primary prevention for lung cancer?
Gender with highest rate of lung cancer
What is male?
Devastating, neurologic complication of sickle cell disease
What is stroke?
Common treatment for cancer that may cause dysphagia in the lung cancer patient
What is radiation therapy?
Type of diet appropriate for client with esophagitis from radiation therapy
What is a soft diet?
Reason clients with sickle cell should avoid high altitudes
What is to avoid a sickle cell crisis?
Type of lung cancer that grows rapidly and metastasizes early and extensively
What is small cell lung cancer?
Likely diagnosis for client with sickle cell who presents with fever, joint/abdominal pain and hypoxia
What is a sickle cell crisis?
Side effect of chemotherapy that increases client's risk of infection
What is neutropenia?
Simple method to decrease dyspnea in client with lung cancer
What is positioning for optimal lung expansion?
Three methods of preventing sickle cell crisis
What are: Seek immediate attention for ANY febrile illness.
Obtain vaccinations and penicillin prophylaxis.
Encourage adequate fluid intake daily
Avoid temperatures that are too hot or too cold
Avoid overexertion or stress
Supplement often given to patients with sickle cell disease to maintain the supply required for increased erythropoiesis from hemolysis.
What is folic acid?
Common areas of metastasis in lung cancer
What are lymph nodes, bone, brain, contralateral lung, adrenal glands, and liver?
Preferred method of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer
What is surgical resection?
Complications of sickle cell that nurse should monitor for
What are sickle cell crisis, acute chest syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, stroke, priapism, leg ulcers?
The complication of chemotherapy that the nurse tried to prevent by teaching the clients to drink bottled, fresh water, avoid fresh flowers and fresh fruits and stay out of crowds.
What is neutropenia?
Complication of sickle cell disease that can lead to impotence
What is priapism?