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hubes95

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The nurse may include which of the following nursing diagnoses for a patient taking an antineoplastic medication?
 
  1. Decreased cardiac output
  2. Deficient fluid volume
  3. Social isolation
  4. Imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements

Question 2

Common adverse reactions associated with antineoplastic drugs include:
 
  1. alopecia and bone-marrow depression.
  2. bone-marrow stimulation and nausea.
  3. diarrhea and blurred vision.
  4. anorexia and rhinorrhea.


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

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Nausea, vomiting, anorexia, and diarrhea are seen with almost all of the antineoplastics.

Answer to Question 2

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The action of antineoplastic agents on normal cells causes many adverse reactions, which include alopecia and bone-marrow depression.


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

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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