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jwb375

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on: Jul 23, 2018
The patient has been prescribed interferon as treatment against cancer. What information should the nurse provide?
 
  1. You can increase your intake of interferon by eating grapes and drinking a glass of red wine daily.
  2. Interferons act to suppress cancer cell division.
  3. Interferons enhance your body's ability to remove cancer cells.
  4. Interferons are a type of hormone therapy, so side effects are limited.
  5. The danger with using interferons is that they may cause cancer to develop in sites distant from your original tumor.

Question 2

Which drug administration abbreviations are matched correctly with their definitions? (Select all that apply.)
 
  1. POpills only
  2. gttdrop
  3. nonumber
  4. qhevery hour
  5. qidthree times a day


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jonathanballen97

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

2,3
Rationale 1: Interferons are not supplemented by food intake.
Rationale 2: Interferons suppress cancer cell division.
Rationale 3: Interferons increase the activity of macrophages.
Rationale 4: Interferons are not hormone therapies.
Rationale 5: Interferons do not increase risk of metastasis.

Global Rationale: Interferons are not supplemented by food intake. Interferons suppress cancer cell division and increase activity of macrophages. Interferons are not hormone therapies. Interferons do not increase risk of metastasis.

Answer to Question 2

2, 3, 4

Rationale 1:POpills only is incorrect because PO stands for by mouth.
Rationale 2:gttdrop is correctly matched.
Rationale 3:nonumber is correctly matched.
Rationale 4:qhevery hour is correctly matched.
Rationale 5:qidthree times a day is incorrect because qid stands for four times a day.

Global Rationale: gttdrop is correctly matched. nonumber is correctly matched. qhevery hour is correctly matched. POpills only is incorrect because PO stands for by mouth. qidthree times a day is incorrect because qid stands for four times a day.


jwb375

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Wow, this really help

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