Please Answer the Following Nursing Questions
4) A nurse is assessing a client 1 week after a successful bone
marrow transplant. The client reports peeling of skin on her hands
and feet. The nurse should recognize this desquamation as an
indication of which of the following complications?
a. Failure to engraft
b. Veno-occlusive disease
c. Graft-versus-host disease
d. Pancytopenia
5) A charge nurse on a pediatric unit is making assignments for a
float nurse from the medical unit. Which of the following clients
is appropriate to assign to the float nurse?
a. A 10-year-old client who has pneumonia and is receiving
respiratory treatments.
b. A 4-year-old client who has a Wilms tumor and is receiving
chemotherapy
c. An 8-month-old client who is scheduled for a surgical repair of
a ventricular septal defect tomorrow.
d. A 14-year-old client who is scheduled for discharge today
following placement of a Herrington rod.
6) A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving systematic
desensitization therapy to treat agoraphobia. Which of the
following client statements should indicate to the nurse that the
treatment has been effective?
a. “I have been able to watch a church service on television
without anxiety.”
b. “I was able to sit on a park bench for 30 minutes.”
c. “I enjoyed a visit from four of my work friends at my
house.”
d. “I had a panic attack when driving by the grocery store.”
4. C
Acute graft versus host disease (GVHD), will occur within first 100 days of transplant. GVHD is the most common complication of bone marrow transplant.
5. A
The management of a 10 year old client with pneumonia can be easily correlated and understood by a medical unit nurse.
The management of 4 yr old and 8 month old kids are completely pediatric nurse's concern. Also a client with Harrington rod insertion, may have to be given home care instructions which also the pediatric nurse only had to manage.
6.B
Agorophobia is fear of open spaces. With systemic desensitization client is able to cope up with this irrational fear.
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