A Patient with Advanced Cancer of the Prostate Begins Treatment

question 4

Multiple Choice

A patient with advanced cancer of the prostate begins treatment with leuprolide [Lupron Depot] injections and will receive 7.5 mg IM once per month. After the first injection, the patient experiences an increase in cancer symptoms. What will the nurse tell the patient?

• A) Desensitization to the drug over time will result in a decrease in these symptoms.
• B) The dose of leuprolide may have to be increased to 22.5 mg per month.
• C) These symptoms indicate a need for surgical castration to treat the cancer.
• D) This is a sign that the patient's cancer is getting worse.

Grasp the relationship between sample size, confidence level, and margin of error.

Understand the concepts of standard error and margin of error.

Learn how to apply confidence intervals to real-world scenarios.

Understand the differences between confidence intervals at different confidence levels.

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