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What is the function of organizations like The Lost Chord Club, Reach for Recovery, and I Can Cope?
- A. Arrange for transportation to a clinic.
- B. Provide a small amount of financial support to patients.
- C. Send volunteers to speak with a person facing a lifestyle change.
- D. Arrange for reduced drug costs.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Support groups like The Lost Chord Club, Reach for Recovery, and I Can Cope are available to send volunteers to talk with persons facing lifestyle changes because of cancer.
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The nurse will question which intervention in the plan of care who has experienced a weight loss during chemotherapy to treat cancer?
- A. provide adequate, easily digestible, soft, bland foods.
- B. give small, frequent, highly nutritional meals.
- C. allow extra time to eat.
- D. offer three large meals of highly nutritious foods.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A patient problem of weight loss will require the nurse to give small, frequent, highly nutritional meals; to allow extra time to eat; and to provide adequate, easily digestible, soft, bland foods.
Select the food that is recommended for prevention of colorectal cancer in men.
- A. Oranges
- B. Ham
- C. Skinless chicken
- D. Asparagus
- E. Cheddar cheese
- F. Squash
Correct Answer: A,C,F
Rationale: Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grain foods and limiting intake of high-fat foods will help prevent cancer.
Which statement is appropriate for a nurse to tell a patient before insertion of the radioactive implant?
- A. Nurses will always be available, but they will spend only short periods of time at your bedside.'
- B. Personal cleanliness is essential, so you will be given a complete bed bath each day.'
- C. Your diet will be changed to a high-fiber diet to encourage daily bowel movements.'
- D. Your bed linens will be completely changed each day to minimize radioactive contamination.'
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Generally, it is recommended that the nurse spend short periods of time in the room of a patient with an implant. Baths and linen changes are not given daily. A low-residue diet is the norm to minimize peristalsis and bowel movements that might dislodge the implant.
The nurse knows which description is characteristic of malignant tumors?
- A. Smooth, well defined; movable when palpated
- B. Resembles parent tissue; rarely fatal
- C. Rate of growth varies; rarely contained within a capsule
- D. Remains localized; slow growth
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Malignant tumors are rarely contained within a capsule and their rate of growth varies; little resemblance to parent tissue; fatal without treatment; irregular and immobile when palpated.
A female patient, age 59, has lost 7 lb in the first 3 weeks of her chemotherapy and does not eat because nothing tastes good. The nurse expects to see which goal addressed in the plan of care?
- A. Patient will verbalize understanding of the need for increased nutrition.
- B. Patient will be free from nutrition related infections.
- C. Patient will maintain current weight.
- D. Patient will undergo psychiatric evaluation regarding anorexia.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: This patient needs to maintain current weight, and not lose further weight. Adequate nutrition is difficult if the patient loses 10 or more pounds (4,5 kg).