The client is receiving chemotherapy through an implanted vascular access device (port-a-cath).  The nurse’s focused assessment for the implanted vascular access device includes assessing which of the following? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

A client with anemia has a hemoglobin of 6.2 g/dL, hematocrit 18, platelet count 140,000.  Which of the following assessment findings is the priority related to hypoxia from anemia?  

A 35-year-old client has been experiencing an exacerbation of iron-deficiency anemia in recent weeks. When providing the client with nutritional guidelines and meal suggestions, what foods would be most likely to increase the client’s iron stores? 

For a client diagnosed with Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP), which nursing intervention is appropriate? 

A client is being admitted with a tentative diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  The nurse would expect to prepare for which of the following diagnostic tests?

The nurse is working with a client with a long-standing history of Polycythemia Vera.  How can the nurse best determine the status of the client’s disease?

When chemotherapy with alkylating drugs is ordered for administration, the nurse expects to implement which priority intervention to prevent nephrotoxicity? 

What court order changed the disability category “Mental Retardation” to “Intellectual Disability.”

A nurse is obtaining a client’s health history.  Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a probable indicator of possible cancer and should be assessed further?

Cancer treatments usually occurs in several different treatment phases.  In assessing the appropriateness of another round of chemotherapy for a particular client, the nurse would evaluate which assessment as the most important?