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cookcarl

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A 63-year-old male patient has just begun treatment with IV paclitaxel. About 10 minutes into the infusion, the nurse becomes concerned about a possible anaphylactic reaction to the drug because the patient is experiencing
 
  A) dyspnea.
  B) bradycardia.
  C) hypertension.
  D) increased body temperature.

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A 54-year-old male patient with small-cell lung cancer is receiving etoposide. The nurse will carefully monitor for which of the following?
 
  A) Hypertension
  B) Hypotension
  C) Hypoglycemia
  D) Tachycardia


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samiel-sayed

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


cookcarl

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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