The Patient Is Trying to Decide Whether or Not to Use

question 3

Multiple Choice

The patient is trying to decide whether or not to use targeted cancer therapy. In teaching patients about targeted cancer therapy, the nurse teaches the patient that side effects:

• A) frequently include hypotension and hirsutism.
• B) are generally dose limiting.
• C) usually are minor.
• D) are usually predictable and may be treated proactively.

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