NRS 3025: Exam #1 Practice Questions
1. A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving c
chemotherapy to treat cancer. Which of the following
adverse effects should the nurse anticipate from the
chemotherapy?
a. Gingival hyperplasia
b. Hirsutism
c. Pancytopenia
d. Weight gain
2. A nurse is planning care for a client who has can- b
cer and has developed thrombocytopenia following
chemotherapy. Which of the following precautions
should the nurse offer to minimize the adverse effects
of thrombocytopenia?
a. Monitor visitors for manifestations of infection.
b. Remind the client to use an electric razor.
c. Encourage frequent rest periods.
d. Instruct the client to rinse mouth with normal saline.
3. A nurse is caring for a client who has lung cancer d
that has metastasized. Which of the following findings
indicates the client is developing superior vena cava
syndrome?
a. Irregular cardiac rhythm
b. Numbness in the hands
c. Muscle cramps
d. Facial edema
4. A nurse is caring for a client who has testicular cancer b
and is experiencing peripheral neuropathy as an ad-
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verse effect of chemotherapy. Which of the following
client manifestations is an expected finding of periph-
eral neuropathy?
a. Thinning of the scalp hair
b. Tingling of the hands and feet
c. Reduced ability to concentrate
d. Sores in the mucous membranes
5. A nurse on an oncology unit is providing discharge a, b, c
teaching to an adolescent female client who receieved
a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. Which of the
following information should the nurse include in the
teaching? (Select all that apply.)
a. "Take you temperature twice each day."
b. "You may return to school if you feel strong
enough."
c. "It is important to always wear shoes."
d. "Clean your toothbrush weekly with isopropyl alco-
hol."
e. "Avoid using tampons."
6. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client c
who is postoperative following a right mastectomy for
breast cancer. The client will be discharged with two
Jackson-Pratt drains. Which of the following informa-
tion should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Empty the drainage tubes once per day."
b. "Showering is permitted before the drainage tubes
are removed."
c. "The drainage tubes often are removed at the same
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time as the stitches."
d. "Do not begin exercising the arm until the provider
removes the drainage tubes."
7. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client b
following open radical prostatectomy. The client is go-
ing home with an indwelling urinary catheter. Which
of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of teaching?
a. "I will be able to take a tub bath in 1 week."
b. "I will change the catheter drainage bag once each
week."
c. "I will use suppositories to prevent constipation."
d. "I will regain my bladder control once the catheter
is removed."
8. A nurse is monitoring a client who has cancer and is c
receiving chemotherapy by peripheral IV infusion. The
client reports pain at the insertion site and the nurse
notes fluid leaking around the catheter. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Take a photograph of the peripheral IV site.
b. Obtain and record the client's vital signs.
c. Stop the infusion.
d. Identify all medications administered through the IV
site for the past 24 hr.
9. A nurse in an oncology clinic is assessing who has early b
stage Hodgkin's lymphoma. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect?
1. A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving c
chemotherapy to treat cancer. Which of the following
adverse effects should the nurse anticipate from the
chemotherapy?
a. Gingival hyperplasia
b. Hirsutism
c. Pancytopenia
d. Weight gain
2. A nurse is planning care for a client who has can- b
cer and has developed thrombocytopenia following
chemotherapy. Which of the following precautions
should the nurse offer to minimize the adverse effects
of thrombocytopenia?
a. Monitor visitors for manifestations of infection.
b. Remind the client to use an electric razor.
c. Encourage frequent rest periods.
d. Instruct the client to rinse mouth with normal saline.
3. A nurse is caring for a client who has lung cancer d
that has metastasized. Which of the following findings
indicates the client is developing superior vena cava
syndrome?
a. Irregular cardiac rhythm
b. Numbness in the hands
c. Muscle cramps
d. Facial edema
4. A nurse is caring for a client who has testicular cancer b
and is experiencing peripheral neuropathy as an ad-
, NRS 3025: Exam #1 Practice Questions
verse effect of chemotherapy. Which of the following
client manifestations is an expected finding of periph-
eral neuropathy?
a. Thinning of the scalp hair
b. Tingling of the hands and feet
c. Reduced ability to concentrate
d. Sores in the mucous membranes
5. A nurse on an oncology unit is providing discharge a, b, c
teaching to an adolescent female client who receieved
a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. Which of the
following information should the nurse include in the
teaching? (Select all that apply.)
a. "Take you temperature twice each day."
b. "You may return to school if you feel strong
enough."
c. "It is important to always wear shoes."
d. "Clean your toothbrush weekly with isopropyl alco-
hol."
e. "Avoid using tampons."
6. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client c
who is postoperative following a right mastectomy for
breast cancer. The client will be discharged with two
Jackson-Pratt drains. Which of the following informa-
tion should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. "Empty the drainage tubes once per day."
b. "Showering is permitted before the drainage tubes
are removed."
c. "The drainage tubes often are removed at the same
, NRS 3025: Exam #1 Practice Questions
time as the stitches."
d. "Do not begin exercising the arm until the provider
removes the drainage tubes."
7. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client b
following open radical prostatectomy. The client is go-
ing home with an indwelling urinary catheter. Which
of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of teaching?
a. "I will be able to take a tub bath in 1 week."
b. "I will change the catheter drainage bag once each
week."
c. "I will use suppositories to prevent constipation."
d. "I will regain my bladder control once the catheter
is removed."
8. A nurse is monitoring a client who has cancer and is c
receiving chemotherapy by peripheral IV infusion. The
client reports pain at the insertion site and the nurse
notes fluid leaking around the catheter. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first?
a. Take a photograph of the peripheral IV site.
b. Obtain and record the client's vital signs.
c. Stop the infusion.
d. Identify all medications administered through the IV
site for the past 24 hr.
9. A nurse in an oncology clinic is assessing who has early b
stage Hodgkin's lymphoma. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect?
