Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia‚ Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most known cancer found amongst children beginning from age zero to nineteen. The numbers continue to increase further more children are known to have Leukemia. This childhood cancer takes the most lives than any other‚ there are many different treatments used the most popular ones are Stem cell Transplant and chemotherapy. All these procedures have numerous side effects that can worsen and cause the child negative impacts‚ but
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Leukemia: a type of cancer with uncontrolled production of immature WBC (usually blast cells) in the bone marrow. (MS‚ 880). Characterized by the replacement of bone marrow by malignant immature WBC(148‚ Pearson) Acute Leukemia: sudden onset‚ rapid progression & immature or undifferentiated blast cells (148 P) Chronic Leukemia: gradual onset‚ prolonged course and abnormal mature appearing cells. (148 P) Lymphoblastic/lymphocytic : involve immature lymphocytes & their precursor cells in the
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Chapter 5: 1.) Paralanguage is communication that is vocal‚ but does not use words. Christopher had to learn how to talk with a ventilator because every time he spoke it would cause gaps in his speech and he had to learn how to communicate over the phone and in front of people so they could understand him and what he was saying. 2.) Haptics is the sense of touch. For the first five years after Christopher’s accident‚ he couldn’t feel anything between a pinpoint of a cotton swab. After five years
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Chapter 41: Nursing Management: Obesity Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which statement by the nurse is most likely to help a morbidly obese 22-year-old man in losing weight on a 1000-calorie diet? a. “It will be necessary to change lifestyle habits permanently to maintain weight loss.” b. “You will decrease your risk for future health problems such as diabetes by losing weight now.” c. “You are likely to notice changes in how you feel with just a few weeks of diet and exercise.” d. “Most of the weight
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Chapter 33: Nursing Management: Hypertension Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which action will the nurse in the hypertension clinic take in order to obtain an accurate baseline blood pressure (BP) for a new patient? a. Deflate the BP cuff at a rate of 5 to 10 mm Hg per second. b. Have the patient sit in a chair with the feet flat on the floor. c. Assist the patient to the supine position for BP measurements. d. Obtain two BP readings in the dominant arm and average the results. ANS: B The patient
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Chapter 58: Nursing Management: Stroke Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After a patient experienced a brief episode of tinnitus‚ diplopia‚ and dysarthria with no residual effects‚ the nurse anticipates teaching the patient about a. cerebral aneurysm clipping. b. heparin intravenous infusion. c. oral low-dose aspirin therapy. d. tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). ANS: C The patient’s symptoms are consistent with transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ and drugs that inhibit platelet aggregation are prescribed
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Chapter 31: Nursing Management: Hematologic Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 62-year old man with chronic anemia is experiencing increased fatigue and occasional palpitations at rest. The nurse would expect the patient’s laboratory findings to include a. a hematocrit (Hct) of 38%. b. an RBC count of 4‚500‚000/µL. c. normal red blood cell (RBC) indices. d. a hemoglobin (Hgb) of 8.6 g/dL (86 g/L). ANS: D The patient’s clinical manifestations indicate moderate anemia‚ which is consistent with
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Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing‚ 8th Edition Chapter 69: Nursing Management: Emergency‚ Terrorism‚ and Disaster Nursing Key Points – Printable CARE OF EMERGENCY PATIENT * Triage refers to the process of rapidly determining the acuity of the patient’s problem. It works on the premise that patients who have a threat to life must be treated before other patients. * The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a five-level triage system that incorporates concepts of illness severity and resource
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Chapter 25: Nursing Management: Burns Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. When assessing a patient who spilled hot oil on the right leg and foot‚ the nurse notes that the skin is dry‚ pale‚ hard skin. The patient states that the burn is not painful. What term would the nurse use to document the burn depth? a. First-degree skin destruction b. Full-thickness skin destruction c. Deep partial-thickness skin destruction d. Superficial partial-thickness skin destruction ANS: B With full-thickness skin destruction
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Peter a 15 year old boy has acute myelocytic leukemia‚ he became very dependant on the nurses near his death. The nurse on his unit at the time promised him that he wouldn’t be allowed to suffer and he wouldn’t be alone as he became sicker. As his condition worsened the staff decided he should have a primary care nurse‚ Sheri Martin. Over time Peter became sicker and his pain elevated causing him to need someone there to help him feel comfortable at night. Peter asked Miss Martin to stay with him
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