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This gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist is used to treat prostate cancer.
What is leuprolide?
This helps protects the nurse when preparing cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs.
What is protective equipment?
It is not recommended to give children aspirin because of the risk of this.
What is Reye syndrome?
If a medication reduces fever it is called this.
What is an antipyretic?
This results from preformed antibodies to a specific protein, which offers protection against the protein only for the life of the circulating antibodies.
What is passive immunity?
This estrogen receptor blocker is used to treat breast cancer.
What is tamoxifen?
Open ended statements may help to encourage this with patients?
What is sharing feelings and concerns?
This should be monitored if patients are drinking alcohol and taking acetaminophen.
What are liver function tests?
If a medication reduces pain, it is called this.
What is an analgesic?
What is every 10 years?
What is methotrexate?
This strategy is often used to prevent stomach upset/prevent stomach ulcers/bleeding with NSAIDS, as well as any other medication which can cause similar issues.
What is take with food?
Easy or excessive bruising (purpura); superficial bleeding into the skin that appears as a rash of pinpoint-sized reddish-purple spots (petechiae), usually on the lower legs; prolonged bleeding from cuts; bleeding from your gums or nose; blood in urine or stools; unusually heavy menstrual flows; fatigue; and enlarged spleen are signs and symptoms of this.
What is thrombocytopenia (low platelet count)?
Chronic or excessive activity by the inflammatory response can lead to this.
What is release of lysomol enzymes and tissue destruction.
For example, this is the process overtime that causes joints to deform and shift out of place with rheumatoid arthritis.
For patients whose immunity is compromised, this should always be part of the patient education.
What is stress ways to avoid exposure to infection and injury to prevent further complications.
This antitumor (cytotoxic) antibiotic should have baseline EKG and echocardiogram prior to starting due to possible cardiac changes that can occur.
What is doxorubicin?
Bleeding and tinnitus are both possible complications with this medication.
What is aspirin?
This is the reason why a patient may lose their hair while receiving chemotherapy.
What is chemotherapy targeting rapidly growing cells, and hair follicles are one of the fastest growing cells in the human body, and when compromised by chemotherapy this prevents the hare follicles from growing.
Other fast growing cells in the body: mucous membrane cells lining of the digestive tract (mouth, trout, stomach, intestines), and the blood-producing cells in the bone marrow.
While taking an immune modulator, it is important that pregnancy does not occur while on these medications, and this is the preferred recommended type of contraceptive.
What is barrier contraceptive?
What is bevacizumab?
Stopping chemotherapy medications, only clinically trained personnel should administer vesicants intravenously, and use of a central line are all nursing actions for this.
This should be preformed before starting hydroxychloroquine for treating RA.
What is an ophthalmologic exam?
A steroid medication often used in treating a number of diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus.
What is betamethasone?
This is mediated by antibodies produced by B-lymphocytes in response to an invading allergen or antigen.
What is antibody-mediated immunity?
This monoclonal antibody is associated with potentially life-threatening cytokine release syndrome and life-threatening neurological toxicities.
What is blinatumomab?