Passpoint Oncologic | A client with stage II ovarian cancer undergoes a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy with tumor resection, omentectomy, appendectomy, and lymphadenectomy. During the second postoperative day, which assessment finding requires immediate intervention?

Passpoint Oncologic A client with stage II ovarian cancer undergoes a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy with tumor resection, omentectomy, appendectomy, and lymphadenectomy. During the

second postoperative day, which assessment finding requires immediate intervention?

You Selected:

 Shallow breathing and increasing lethargy

Correct response:

 Shallow breathing and increasing lethargy

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A client has just begun treatment with busulfan, 4 mg by mouth daily, for chronic myelogenous leukemia.

The client receives busulfan until his white blood cell (WBC) count falls to between 10,000/mm3 and

25,000/mm3. Then the drug is stopped. When should treatment resume?

You Selected:

 When the WBC count rises to 50,000/mm3

Correct response:

 When the WBC count rises to 50,000/mm3

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A client with metastatic brain cancer is admitted to the oncology floor. According to the SelfDetermination Act of 1991 concerning the execution of an advance directive, the hospital is required to:

You Selected:

 inform the client or legal guardian of their rights to execute an advance directive.

Correct response:

 inform the client or legal guardian of their rights to execute an advance directive.

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Which nursing goal is appropriate for a client with multiple myeloma?

You Selected:

 Decrease episodes of nausea and vomiting.

Correct response:

 Achieve effective management of bone pain.

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A 56-year-old woman is admitted for a modified radical mastectomy. The client appears anxious and asks

many questions. The nurse's best course of action is to:

You Selected:

 explain to the client that she should discuss her questions with her health care provider (HCP).

Correct response:

 tell the client as much as she wants to know and is able to understand.

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A nurse is teaching an older adult who has had a left modified radical mastectomy with axillary node

dissection about lymphedema. The nurse should tell the client that lymphedema occurs:

You Selected:

 at any time after surgery.

Correct response:

 at any time after surgery.

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A client is newly diagnosed with cancer and is beginning a treatment plan. Which action by the nurse will

be most effective in helping the client cope?

You Selected:

 Identify available resources for the client and family.

Correct response:

 Identify available resources for the client and family.

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A client with cancer is uncertain about how to cope with all the issues that will arise. The nurse

can best support the coping behaviors of a client with cancer by:

You Selected:

 relieving the client of decision making as much as possible.

Correct response:

 helping the client identify available resources.

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A terminally ill client’s husband tells the nurse, “I wish we had taken that trip to Europe last year. We just

kept putting it off, and now I am furious that we did not go.” The nurse interprets the husband’s

statement as indicating which stage of adaptation to dying?

You Selected:

 depression

Correct response:

 anger

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A 70-year-old client asks the nurse if she needs to have a mammogram. Which is the

nurse's bestresponse?

You Selected:

 "We need to consider your family history of breast cancer first."

Correct response:

 "The incidence of breast cancer increases with age."

Explanation: