A Client's Dosage Schedule Includes Chemotherapy for Each of 5

question 27

Multiple Choice

A client's dosage schedule includes chemotherapy for each of 5 days and then no chemotherapy for 5 days. The client says, "Why don't they just keep giving me the chemo? I want to kill this cancer and get on with my life." How should the nurse respond?

• A) "This chemotherapy is so strong that you cannot physically stand to take it for more than 5 days."
• B) "We need to give your normal cells time to recover from the medication before you get more chemotherapy."
• C) "You should let the doctors worry about that."
• D) "We need to let some of the cancer cells develop into the stage where the chemotherapy can kill them."
• E) "The chemotherapy is not always immediately available, so pauses are taken to allow for more stock to arrive."

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