Module 3 Study guide questions

Question 1

Which WBC plays a major role in maintaining humoral immunity

Answer 1

Lymphocyte

Question 2

What condition would require to be administered with caution

Answer 2

Lactation

Question 3

Cell-mediated immunity depends on which cell action

Answer 3

T lymphocytes

Question 4

Immunizations is a form of what type of immunity

Answer 4

Artificial active

Question 5

immune globulins or antivenins are what type of immunity

Answer 5

passive

Question 6

What is the best diet for a patient on anti neoplastics that has imbalanced nutrition

Answer 6

Frequent small meals

Question 7

A patient with folic-acid deficiency anemia is administered a Folvite injection what should the nurse monitor for

Answer 7

Allergic Hypersensitivity

Question 8

What substance interfered with the absorption of Iron

Answer 8

Milk

Question 9

What type of cell controls the bleeding from microscopic to major tears

Answer 9

Megakaryocytes

Question 10

What cell supplies oxygen from the lungs

Answer 10

Erythrocytes

Question 11

Anemia causes decreased

Answer 11

platelet production

Question 12

Neutropenic patients are at risk for

Answer 12

Infection

Question 13

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Cyclophosphamide

Answer 13

Cytoxan
Alkylating agent
Treats certain types of cancer and other diseases such as nephrotic syndrome (a kidney disorder).

Question 14

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Fluorouracil

Answer 14

5-Fu, Carac
Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor
Treats actinic keratoses or solar keratoses (red wart-like growth on the skin). Also treats skin cancer (superficial basal cell carcinoma).

Question 15

What is the drug class, and what is it used for

Vincristine

Answer 15

Vinca alkaloid, Antileukemic drug

Treats leukemia and many other types of cancer, usually in combination with other medicine.

Question 16

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Doxorubicin HcL

Answer 16

Doxil
Anthracycline Topoisomerase Inhibitor
Treats many kinds of cancers including leukemia, breast cancer, bone cancer, lung cancer, and brain cancer. This medicine is often used in combination with other cancer medicines.

Question 17

What is the drug class, and what is it used for

Cisplatin

Answer 17

Platinum-based Drug

Treats cancer of the testicles, bladder, ovaries, or lung.

Question 18

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Methotrexate

Answer 18

Trexol
Folate Analog Metabolic Inhibitor
Treats several kinds of cancer, including cancer of the blood, bone, lung, breast, head, or neck. Also treats rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis (a skin disease)

Question 19

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Tamoxifen

Answer 19

Soltamax
Estrogen Agonist/Antagonist
Treats advanced breast cancer in men and women, and early breast cancer in women. Also may prevent breast cancer in women who are at a high risk because of age, family history, or other factors.

Question 20

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Paclitaxel

Answer 20

Abraxane
Microtubule Inhibitor
Treats different kinds of cancer, including cancer in the lungs, ovary, or breast. Also may be used to treat Kaposi’s sarcoma in people who have AIDS. This is an antineoplastic agent (cancer medicine).

Question 21

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Leuprolide Acetate

Answer 21

Lupron
Gonadotropin Releasing hormone
used in men to treat symptoms of prostate cancer, and in women to treat symptoms of endometriosis (overgrowth of uterine lining outside of the uterus) or uterine fibroids.

Question 22

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Epoetin Alfa

Answer 22

Epogen
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Treats anemia

Question 23

What is the trade name, drug class, and what is it used for
Filgrastim

Answer 23

Neupogen
Leukocyte Growth Factor
Helps your body make white blood cells. This will help prevent infections during cancer treatments (chemotherapy).