The most important care plan for most Stage 3/4 cancers.
What is Risk for Pain?
100
A common "female" cancer that can effect males.
What is breast cancer?
100
Hydration, oxygenation and pain management.
What are the priorities of care in Sickle Cell Anemia patients?
100
This disease has a platelet count of < 100,000 and if less than 20,000 can result in spontaneous bleeding.
What is a Thrombocytopenia?
100
You'll want to check the color and borders of these.
What are moles?
200
A common care plan for Sickle Cell Anemia.
What is Risk for Edema?
200
Comprised of mutant cells that grow quickly.
What are cancers?
200
A type of anemia caused by leukemia.
What is Aplastic Anemia?
200
This test is performed to see if cancer has metastasized.
What are Lymph Node Biopsies?
200
These types of chemo can cause blisters.
What are vesicants?
300
The 2 main care plans for leukemia.
What are Risk for Infection and Risk for Anemia?
300
The age at which most cancers occur.
What is after 55 years old?
300
A common side effect of mastectomy.
What is lymphedema?
300
Hodgkin Lymphoma has these cells present.
What are Reed-Sternberg cells?
300
For this side effect of external radiation, teach the patient/client to avoid rubbing or scratching treated areas.
What are radiation burns and sloughing?
400
Risk for Ineffective Peripheral Tissue Perfusion is a nursing diagnosis used primarily for this complication that causes simultaneous blood clotting and hemorrhage.
What is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation?
400
These mutant cells divert nutrients from normal cells.
What are cancer cells?
400
Clumping of odd shaped blood cells and poor oxygenation cause the primary symptoms of this disease.
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
400
A test that shows blood flow disruptions caused by tumors.
What is an angiogram?
400
This disease may manifest as pallor, fatigue, malaise, night sweats elevated WBCs and bruising, amongst others.
What is leukemia?
500
Risk for Metabolic Imbalance is a nursing diagnosis used primarily for the complication of tumor destruction by chemo or radiation.
What is Tumor Lysis Syndrome?
500
This is a visualization exam of the vaginal and cervical tissues.
What is colposcopy?
500
Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia and bruising.
What can be caused by too much Heparin?
500
Used to test the clotting time for patients on heparin therapy.
What is PTT and APTT?
500
nausea, vomiting, alopecia, pancytopenia, high uric acid levels, stomatitis and sterility in males.
which is irreversible?