While Providing Initial Chemotherapy Teaching for a Patient Who Is

question 40

Multiple Choice

While providing initial chemotherapy teaching for a patient who is scheduled to receive cisplatin for metastatic ovarian cancer, the nurse recognizes that teaching has been effective by which of the following client statements? Select all that apply.

• A) "This medication is usually taken as a pill every day for a week."
• B) "You will need to check my lab values each time I'm due for chemotherapy to make sure I can safely take each scheduled treatment."
• C) "It is very important that I continue to take the medication that prevents nausea and vomiting consistently throughout my day of treatment."
• D) "Aside from nausea, this medication has few other side effects."
• E) "I may have nausea or loss of appetite for up to a week after taking this medication."
• F) "I will come into an infusion center to get my chemotherapy in an IV."

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