Practice Question
The nurse is caring for a client with ovarian cancer. The client is to receive chemotherapy consisting of paclitaxel and carboplatin. For What adverse effect of this treatment should the nurse look out for?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Leukopenia
Rationale:
🔴 Paclitaxel and carboplatin commonly cause bone marrow suppression → neutropenia/leukopenia.
🔴 Low WBC/ANC dramatically raises infection and sepsis risk; neutropenic precautions are essential.
🔴 Timing aligns with nadir (≈ 7–14 days post-chemo) when counts are lowest.
🔴 Monitoring CBC with differential guides growth factor use and treatment delays/dose reductions.
🔴 Early teaching on fever reporting, hand hygiene, crowd avoidance prevents complications.
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The nurse is providing preoperative education to a client at high risk for breast cancer who is scheduled for an incisional biopsy is being done instead of excisional biopsy. Which answer by the nurse is appropriate?
Answer Choices:
A. “An incisional biopsy is performed because it is known to be less painful and more accurate than other forms of testing.
B. “An incisional biopsy is performed to confirm a diagnosis and so that special studies can be done that will help determine the best treatment”
C. “An incisional biopsy is performed to assess the potential for recovery from a mastectomy.”
D. “An incisional biopsy is performed on clients who are younger than age 40 and who are otherwise healthy.”
The nurse is caring for a client who has just had a radical mastectomy and axillary node dissection. When providing teaching to the client, which is the most appropriate?
Answer Choices:
A. Avoid exercise of the arm for the next 2 months.
B. Avoid exercise of the arm for the next 2 months.
C. Avoid lifting objects heavier than 10 pounds.
D. Use a sling until healing is complete
A nurse is preparing a presentation about contraception for a young adult community group. Which is the most effective means of contraception?
Answer Choices:
A. Intrauterine device (IUD)
B. Intervaginal contraceptive ring
C. Transdermal contraceptive patch
D. Male Condom
The nurse is teaching a client with endometriosis. What should the nurse include in the teaching?
Answer Choices:
A. She has developed an infection in the lining of her uterus,
B. Tissue from the lining of the uterus has implanted in areas outside the uterus.
C. The lining of the uterus is too thin because endometrial tissue has implanted outside the uterus.
D. The of the uterus is thicker than usual. causing heavy bleeding and cramping
The nurse is planning an educational activity about cancer, which term describes a procedure in which cervical tissue removed because abnormal cells are detected?
Answer Choices:
A. Colporrhaphy
B. Cone biopsy
C. Cryotherapy
D. Perineorrhaphy
Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: General Exams
- Domain: Medical-surgical📚
- Answer Choices: 4