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Chemotherapeutic treatment of acute leukemia is done in four phases. Place these phases in the correct order.

  • A. Maintenance
  • B. Induction
  • C. Intensification
  • D. Consolidation
Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Acute leukemia's chemotherapy unfolds systematically: induction kicks off, aggressively killing leukemia cells to induce remission, a high-dose blitz. Intensification follows, targeting residual cells over months, relentless in early remission. Consolidation reinforces, eliminating lingering blasts post-remission, solidifying gains. Maintenance, with lower doses, sustains remission long-term, preventing relapse. This order induction, intensification, consolidation, maintenance mirrors the disease's need for initial eradication then sustained control, a structured approach nurses reinforce through patient education and monitoring, ensuring each phase's purpose aligns with leukemia's aggressive biology and treatment goals.

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Endothelial dysfunction is one of the first steps in the development of atherosclerosis. Question: Which factor is NOT involved in endothelial dysfunction?

  • A. Haemodynamic changes (e.g. hypertension)
  • B. Inflammation
  • C. Lipids
  • D. Proteinuria
Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Endothelial flops pressure, inflammation, lipids kick it, proteinuria's kidney, not vessel start. Nurses spot this, a chronic dysfunction trio.

Mdm Koh, a 55-year-old housewife with hypertensive nephropathy was recently started on allopurinol 50 mg per day with prophylactic colchicine 500 mg OM 3 weeks ago in your clinic. She is on Lasix 20 mg OM, nifedipine LA 30 mg OM, aspirin 100 mg OM and renalvite 1 tab OM. She came down with flu like symptoms 4 days ago and developed rashes after being given Amoxil by another General Physician. Today, she returns to your clinic. What should be the next step?

  • A. Stop Amoxil and continue the chronic medications
  • B. Prescribe paracetamol for pain relief and switch to clarithromycin 500 mg BD instead
  • C. Continue medications and check for Dengue serology
  • D. Stop all medications and refer for possible SJS
Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Rash post-Amoxil, allopurinol new SJS looms, stop all, refer fast; not just Amoxil, clarithro, dengue, or colchicine tweaks. Nurses flag this chronic skin scare.

Certain drug classes may cause harm in patients with symptomatic (NYHA classes II-IV) reduced ejection Heart failure (HFrEF), and thus should be avoided. If they are strongly indicated, they are to be used with caution, and with close monitoring. Such drugs include all of the following except:

  • A. Thiazolidinediones (glitazones, e.g., pioglitazone, rosiglitazone)
  • B. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 inhibitors
  • C. Nutritional supplements (e.g., coenzyme Q10, carnitine, taurine, and antioxidants)
  • D. Non-dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers (verapamil, diltiazem)
Correct Answer: C

Rationale: HFrEF hates fluid and strain glitazones swell, NSAIDs tank kidneys, verapamil/diltiazem slow too much, trastuzumab trashes hearts. Supplements like CoQ10? Neutral or helpful, not harmful, a safe outlier. Clinicians dodge the rest, easing chronic pump woes, not this add-on.

A patient who has severe pain associated with terminal pancreatic cancer is being cared for at home by family members. Which finding by the nurse indicates that teaching regarding pain management has been effective?

  • A. The patient uses the ordered opioid pain medication whenever the pain is greater than 5 (0 to 10 scale).
  • B. The patient agrees to take the medications by the IV route in order to improve analgesic effectiveness.
  • C. The patient takes opioids around the clock on a regular schedule and uses additional doses when breakthrough pain occurs.
  • D. The patient states that nonopioid analgesics may be used when the maximal dose of the opioid is reached without adequate pain relief.
Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Terminal pancreatic cancer pain's relentless around-the-clock opioids with breakthrough doses keep it tamed, per hospice norms. Waiting for 5/10 lags; IV isn't inherently better oral's fine. Nonopioids at max opioid miss the mark escalation's the play. Nurses in oncology teach this steady dosing plus rescues nails chronic cancer pain, a win if families get it.

The thickening of the glomerular basal membrane in an early stage of diabetes mellitus is a consequence of which mechanism?

  • A. AGE deposition
  • B. Proteinuria
  • C. Inflammation
  • D. All mechanisms mentioned above
Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Early diabetic kidney AGEs glue GBM thick, not protein spill or inflammation yet. Nurses catch this, a chronic sugar scar.

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