HESI Pharm 2022 Practice Questions and Answers
One patient has cancer of the bone; another has cancer in the connective tissues of the thigh muscles; a
... [Show More] third patient has cancer in the vascular tissues. These patients have a type of tumor referred to as
Sarcoma
A patient is receiving her third course of 5-fluorouracil therapy and knows that stomatitis is a potential adverse effect of antineoplastic therapy. What will the nurse teach her about managing this problem?
"Be sure to examine your mouth daily for bleeding, painful areas, and ulcerations."
When administering chemotherapy for treatment of cancer, the nurse implements which intervention that treats or even prevents chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting?
Giving an antiemetic 30 to 60 minutes before the chemotherapy is started.
The nurse is administering a combination of three different antineoplastic drugs to a patient who has metastatic breast cancer. Which statement best describes the rationale for combination therapy?
Increased cancer-cell killing will occur.
The nurse is monitoring a patient who has severe bone marrow suppression following antineoplastic drug therapy. Which is considered the principal early sign of infection?
Fever
When giving chemotherapy as cancer treatment, the nurse recognizes that toxicity to rapidly growing normal cells also occurs. Which rapidly growing normal cells are also harmed by chemotherapy?
Hair follicle cells, Gastrointestinal (GI) mucous membrane cells, Bone marrow cells
What is the nurse's priority action if extravasation of an antineoplastic drug occurs during intravenous (IV) administration?
Stop the infusion immediately, but leave the IV catheter in place
A patient is receiving a third session of chemotherapy with daunorubicin (Cerubidine). The nurse will assess the patient for which signs of a potential severe toxic effect of this drug?
A weight gain of 2 pounds or more in 24 hours
The nurse is providing education regarding chemotherapy to a patient who is about to receive the first course of treatment. Which statement by the nurse is appropriate?
"Report black, tarry stools if they occur."
The nurse is teaching a class about the various chemotherapy drugs and explains that alkylating drugs are also called "cell cycle-nonspecific drugs" because they are
cytotoxic in any phase of the cell cycle
When reviewing the medication orders for a patient who is taking penicillin, the nurse notes that the patient is also taking the oral anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin). What possible effect may occur as the result of an interaction between these drugs?
The penicillin will cause an enhanced anticoagulant effect of the warfarin. [Show Less]
