The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Receiving Radiation for a Spinal

question 12

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a client receiving radiation for a spinal cord tumor. The nurse realizes that interventions need to be planned to address which of the following potential complications of this treatment? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Increasing neurological impairment
• B) Paralysis
• C) Decubitus ulcers
• D) Peripheral vascular disease
• E) Loss of bowel and bladder function
• F) Osteoporosis

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Definitions:

Excise Tax

A tax levied on the production of a specific product or on the quantity of the product purchased.

Tax Revenues

The income that is gained by governments through taxation, an important source of revenue for government expenditures.

Inelastic Demand

A situation in which the demand for a product does not significantly change with a change in its price.

Price-Elastic

Refers to the degree to which the demand for a product changes in response to a change in its price.