Oh no, now what?
Do this if liquid is in the chemotherapy transport bag when it arrives to the unit.
What is return it to the pharmacy?
Cells that travel to distant parts of the body.
What is metastasis?
This puts a patient at risk for infection.
What is neutropenia?
Prevent this with hydration and rasburicase.
What is tumor lysis syndrome?
The goal of professionalism and collaboration.
What is promote patient safety?
Get this when chemotherapy is on the floor.
What is a spill kit?
Information to plan treatment and determine prognosis.
What is staging?
Instructing the patient to use a soft toothbrush.
What is thrombocytopenia?
This requires labs, cultures and antibiotics to be given within 1 hour.
What is sepsis?
This is key to delivering high-quality care and improving patient outcomes.
What is Evidence Based Practice?
The first thing to do when a patient complains of burning at the IV site while chemo is infusing.
What is stop the IV medication?
KRAS, EGFR, PSA, BCR-ABL, CA19-9, CA 125 & PDL1 are these.
What are biomarkers of cancer?
A patient consented to this treatment to determine the effectiveness of an experimental medication for a particular disease.
What is a Phase II study?
This causes the kidneys to retain water causing hyponatremia and concentrated urine.
What is syndrome of inappropriate diuretic hormone (SIADH)?
These promote and support high quality cancer care.
What are standards of practice?
The patient complains of hives, itching and not feeling well while the treatment is being infused.
What is a hypersensitivity reaction?
The grade of tumor cell that looks significantly different than the cell of origin.
What is high grade?
What is mucositis?
Assess for handwriting changes, processing issues and confusion.
What is ICANs?
Allowing patients to express their feelings and fears allows them to do this.
What is focus on things they can control?
This medication can cause mild to severe tissue damage to the surrounding area and possibly nerve and tissue damage.
What is vesicant chemotherapy?
This cancer begins in the blood-forming tissue of the bone marrow.
What is leukemia?
A reaction to a medication that can result in hospitalization, disability or death.
What is a serious adverse event?
Urinary incontinence, back pain and clumsiness are a concern for this emergency.
What is spinal cord compression?
Patients should be screened for this at their initial visit and as clinically necessary.
What is Distress?