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corkyiscool3328 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A patient asks the nurse what a cancer cell's growth rate is called. What is the nurse's best response?

A) Cancer cell's growth rate is called proliferation.
B) Cancer cell's growth rate is called anaplasia.
C) Cancer cell's growth rate is called pleomorphism.
D) Cancer cell's growth rate is called neoplasm.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a patient who takes several drugs. What patient would the nurse monitor most closely because of an increased risk for adverse effects of medications?

A) The school-aged child
B) The obese middle-aged man
C) The adolescent
D) The newborn infant

spencer.martell · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
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A cancer cell growth rate is called proliferation. Anaplasia is the loss of organization and structure, pleomorphism is the occurrence of more than one shape of the cell, and a neoplasm is the term for a new or cancerous growth occurring when abnormal cells have the opportunity to multiply and grow.

Answer to Question 2

D
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Patients most likely to have adverse drug reactions include the very young or very old due to physiologic characteristics peculiar to these age groups. Therefore, the newborn infant would be at greater risk than the school-aged child who is at greater risk than the adolescent or middle-aged man.