Cancer Talk
Grab Bag
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Anemias
L & S
(Leukemia & Splenectomy)
(Leukemia & Splenectomy)
100
What type of tumor is an abnormal cluster of cells that is noncancerous?
Benign
100
What is one role of the nurse when caring for a patient undergoing a bone marrow biopsy?
Assist with positioning, observe for bleeding/infection post procedure, provide emotional support.
100
What disease is an autosomal recessive disorder?
Sickle Cell Anemia
100
What is one thing that the patient with sickle cell anemia should avoid?
Exposure to cold, infection, strenuous exercise
100
What is one complication that the post splenectomy patient is at risk for?
Infection, specifically an overwhelming postsplenectomy infection
Bleeding
Pneumonia
Atelectasis
200
What is the goal of palliative surgery for cancer patients?
To reduce symptoms or improve pain or quality of life.
200
What should the nurse educate the patient undergoing lymphangiography about regarding their skin, urine, and feces?
It may be blue tinged for 2 days.
200
What sign of bleeding is pictured here?
Petechiae
200
What is one nutrient that is important for RBC formation?
Iron, folic acid, vitamin B12
200
What type of WBC results would the nurse anticipate for a patient with leukemia?
High WBC; low mature WBC
300
What test confirms the diagnosis of cancer?
Tissue biopsy
-or-
Bone marrow biopsy
300
Infusing the blood product "fresh frozen plasma" provides what to the patient receiving the infusion?
Clotting factors
300
What procedure is being done here?
Lymphangiography
300
What unique assessment finding may be present with iron deficiency anemia?
Spoon-shaped fingernails
Mouth fissures or glossitis may also be present.
300
Why is Vitamin K given preoperatively to the patient who will have a splenectomy?
It corrects clotting factor deficiencies
400
What type of cancer affects connective tissue such as bone?
Sarcoma
400
What clotting factor is deficient in Hemophilia A?
Factor VIII
(Hemophilia B/Christmas disease factor IX)
400
What disease leads to bones that have this "Swiss cheese" appearance?
Multiple Myeloma
400
What unique assessment finding may be present with pernicious anemia?
Sore, beefy red tongue
Numb hands or feet
400
A patient with leukemia undergoing chemotherapy with a weakened immune system should avoid what?
Sick individuals, fresh flowers, potted plants, unwashed fruits and vegetables
500
Which oncological emergency is characterized by edema of the head, neck, and arms and is caused by a tumor or enlarged lymph node blocking circulation?
Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome
500
What type of bone marrow biopsy destroys malignant bone marrow and replaces with donor bone marrow?
Allogneic
Autologous harvests the patient’s own diseased bone marrow, chemically treat and cleans it, and reinfuses it.
500
What disease has Reed-Sternberg cells present?
Hodgkin Disease
500
What type of anemia would be suspected if a bone marrow biopsy revealed a "dry tap" with pale, yellow, fatty, fibrous bone marrow extraction?
Aplastic Anemia
500
Which type of leukemia is associated with the Philadelphia chromosome?
CML (chronic myelogenous leukemia)