A Client with Preexisting Bipolar Disorder Is Receiving Filgrastim (Neupogen)

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Multiple Choice

A client with preexisting bipolar disorder is receiving filgrastim (Neupogen) for the management of neutropenia following chemotherapy treatments for lymphocytic leukemia. The oncology nurse recognizes that which medication for bipolar disorder could complicate the management of the client's leukemia?

• A) Clonazepam (Klonopin)
• B) Valproic acid (Depakene)
• C) Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
• D) Lithium carbonate

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Definitions:

Overlapping Boundaries

Multiple sites of carcinoma without identifiable borders.

Neoplasms

Abnormal growths of tissue, which can be benign or malignant (cancerous).

Contiguous

Sharing a common border; touching or adjacent.

Malignant Neoplasm

A malignant tumor capable of invading surrounding tissue and possessing the ability to metastasize to different areas of the body.