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A nurse educator who coordinates the staff education on an oncology unit is conducting an inservice on targeted therapies. What potential benefit of targeted therapies should the nurse highlight in this education session?
 
  A) Targeted therapies achieve the therapeutic benefits of traditional chemotherapy with no risk of adverse effects.
  B) Targeted therapies have the potential to provide prophylactic protection against neoplasia in high-risk individuals.
  C) Targeted therapies are significantly more cost-effective than traditional chemotherapeutic drugs.
  D) Targeted therapies have the potential to damage cancerous cells while leaving normal body cells less affected.

Question 2

A nurse is administering rituximab to a patient via the IV route. The nurse will set the IV pump at 50 mg/hour for the first half hour of the initial infusion.
 
  If there are not apparent reactions after 30 minutes of the infusion, the nurse will increase the dosage every 30 minutes by 50 mg/hour until the maximum infusion rate reaches which of the following?
  A) 250 mg/hour
  B) 300 mg/hour
  C) 400 mg/hour
  D) 500 mg/hour



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Tabitha_2016

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C




mp14

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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