Week 1 Word List

Question 1

Anemia

Answer 1

Is a decrease in the peripheral red blood cell count

Question 2

Anorexia

Answer 2

Loss of appetite resulting in weight loss

Question 3

Assessment

Answer 3

Information obtained through a continuous, systematic assessment allows the healthcare provider to (1) determine the nature of a problem, (2) select an intervention for that problem, and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention

Question 4

Cachexia

Answer 4

State of General ill health and malnutrition with early satiety; electrolyte and water and balances; progressive loss of body, weight, fat, and muscle

Question 5

Desquamation

Answer 5

Acute effect of irradiation characterized by shedding of the epidermis

Question 6

Empathy

Answer 6

Identifying with the feelings, thoughts, or experiences of another person

Question 7

End-of-life care

Answer 7

When the oncology medical professionals have determined that the therapeutic interventions have ceased to work and cancer control is not sustainable, the end-of-life Care may be initiated 

Question 8

Epilation

Answer 8

Hair loss(removal?)

Question 9

Erythema

Answer 9

Acute radiation effect, manifested by redness, and inflammation of the skin or mucus membranes, is affected by capillary congestion, caused by dilation of the superficial capillaries 

Question 10

Leukopenia

Answer 10

Abnormal decrease in white blood cell count, usually below 5000 cells per mm^3

Question 11

Mucositis

Answer 11

When your mouth or gut are sore and inflamed

Question 12

Myelosupression

Answer 12

Reduction in bone marrow function

Question 13

Palliative care

Answer 13

This is the delivery of interventions and that relieving symptoms and side effects of the disease and of the treatment and improving quality of life for the patient 

Question 14

Pancytopenia

Answer 14

Is the reduction in all circulating blood cells, including peripheral, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

Question 15

Quality of life

Answer 15

Person’s subjective sense of well-being derived from current experience of life as a whole

Question 16

Reflective listening

Answer 16

Healthcare workers can reflect the specific content or implied feelings of their nonverbal observations or communication they feel has been omitted or emphasized 

Question 17

Stomatitis

Answer 17

Inflammation of the mouth

Question 18

Thrombocytopenia

Answer 18

Abnormal decrease in the number of platelets

Question 19

Xerostomia

Answer 19

Dry mouth

Question 20

Normal platelet values

Answer 20

165,000-415,00 per mm^3

Question 21

Normal ranges of Hemoglobin(M)

Answer 21

13.3-16.2 g/dL

Question 22

Normal range of erythrocytes(M)

Answer 22

4.30-5.60 x 10^6 per mm^3

Question 23

Normal range of hematocrit(M)

Answer 23

38.8-46.4

Question 24

Normal range of total leukocytes

Answer 24

3500-9050 per mm^3

Question 25

Normal range of total leukocytes

Answer 25

3500-9050 per mm^3