Adult Health 1 Exam 3 Review
For Chapter 65 Management of
Patients with Oncologic or
Degenerative Neurologic
Disorders 2026 Exam
Questions and Answers |
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A nurse is assessing a client with an acoustic neuroma who has been
recently admitted to an oncology unit. What symptoms is the nurse likely
to find during the initial assessment?
,A. Loss of hearing, tinnitus, and vertigo
B. Loss of vision, change in mental status, and hyperthermia
C. Loss of hearing, increased sodium retention, and hypertension
D. Loss of vision, headache, and tachycardia - ANSWER ✔✔A. Loss
of hearing, tinnitus, and vertigo
A 25-year-old client with brain metastases is considering life expectancy
after the client's most recent meeting with her oncologist. Based on the
fact that the client is not receiving treatment for the brain metastases,
what is the nurse's most appropriate action?
A. Promoting the client's functional status and ADLS
B. Ensuring that the client receives adequate palliative care
C. Ensuring that the family does not tell the client that the condition is
terminal
D. Promoting adherence to the prescribed medication regimen -
ANSWER ✔✔B. Ensuring that the client receives adequate palliative
care
The nurse is writing a care plan for a client with brain metastases. The
nurse decides that an appropriate nursing diagnosis is "anxiety related to
, lack of control over the health circumstances." In establishing this plan of
care for the client, the nurse should include which intervention?
A. Antianxiety medications every 4 hours
B. Family instruction on planning the client's care
C. Encouragement to verbalize concerns related to the disease and its
treatment
D. Intensive therapy with the goal of distraction - ANSWER ✔✔C.
Encouragement to verbalize concerns related to the disease and its
treatment
The clinic nurse caring for a client with Parkinson disease notes that the
client has been taking levodopa and carbidopa (Sinemet) for 7 years.
For what common side effect should the nurse assess this client?
A. Pruritus
B. Dyskinesia
C. Lactose intolerance
D. Diarrhea - ANSWER ✔✔B) Dyskinesia
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For Chapter 65 Management of
Patients with Oncologic or
Degenerative Neurologic
Disorders 2026 Exam
Questions and Answers |
Already Graded A+
A nurse is assessing a client with an acoustic neuroma who has been
recently admitted to an oncology unit. What symptoms is the nurse likely
to find during the initial assessment?
,A. Loss of hearing, tinnitus, and vertigo
B. Loss of vision, change in mental status, and hyperthermia
C. Loss of hearing, increased sodium retention, and hypertension
D. Loss of vision, headache, and tachycardia - ANSWER ✔✔A. Loss
of hearing, tinnitus, and vertigo
A 25-year-old client with brain metastases is considering life expectancy
after the client's most recent meeting with her oncologist. Based on the
fact that the client is not receiving treatment for the brain metastases,
what is the nurse's most appropriate action?
A. Promoting the client's functional status and ADLS
B. Ensuring that the client receives adequate palliative care
C. Ensuring that the family does not tell the client that the condition is
terminal
D. Promoting adherence to the prescribed medication regimen -
ANSWER ✔✔B. Ensuring that the client receives adequate palliative
care
The nurse is writing a care plan for a client with brain metastases. The
nurse decides that an appropriate nursing diagnosis is "anxiety related to
, lack of control over the health circumstances." In establishing this plan of
care for the client, the nurse should include which intervention?
A. Antianxiety medications every 4 hours
B. Family instruction on planning the client's care
C. Encouragement to verbalize concerns related to the disease and its
treatment
D. Intensive therapy with the goal of distraction - ANSWER ✔✔C.
Encouragement to verbalize concerns related to the disease and its
treatment
The clinic nurse caring for a client with Parkinson disease notes that the
client has been taking levodopa and carbidopa (Sinemet) for 7 years.
For what common side effect should the nurse assess this client?
A. Pruritus
B. Dyskinesia
C. Lactose intolerance
D. Diarrhea - ANSWER ✔✔B) Dyskinesia
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