A Patient Arrives to Receive a Second Round of Combination

question 1

Multiple Choice

A patient arrives to receive a second round of combination chemotherapy.What is the most important patient assessment finding for the nurse to report to the prescriber?

• A) Height
• B) Weight
• C) Blood pressure
• D) Pulse rate and rhythm

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Definitions:

Information-Processing Perspective

A psychological approach that likens human thought to the workings of a computer, focusing on the ways we take in, store, and retrieve information.

Cognitive Development

The process of growth and change in intellectual capabilities that influence a person’s behavior and learning abilities.

Psychosocial Development

The process of personality and emotional growth that occurs through interactions with others across the lifespan.

Transitive Inference

A form of logical reasoning that allows one to deduce a relation between two items based on their relations to a third item.