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The nurse is teaching nursing students about childhood nervous system tumors. Which describes a neuroblastoma?

Children with leukemia may develop which underlying problem early in the disease? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a 10-year old diagnosed with leukemia and is advocating for a palliative care consult. What statement shows an understanding of the role of palliative care?

The father of a 4 year old tells the nurse he noticed a lump in the child’s abdomen during bath time. The father explains the child has been eating well, playing, and he has no other concerns. The nurse suspects the possibility of Wilm’s tumor and knows to avoid what during physical assessment? 

A nurse is caring for a 15-year-old child with a new diagnosis of osteosarcoma getting ready for chemotherapy. The nurse is teaching the adolescent and family about complications with chemotherapy. Match the teaching to complications with chemotherapy.

A 36 year old female develops painful, swollen breasts every month in correlation to her menstrual cycle. The swelling is similar bilaterally. Symptoms begin 2 weeks before menstruation and ends at the end of menstruation. What condition does she most likely have?

A 29 year old female is actively breast feeding her infant baby. Her right breast becomes painful, swollen, red, and sensitive to touch.  Her left breast remains normal. What is likely causing her condition?

Symptoms of a tumor located in the tail of the pancreas include:

A patient undergoing radiation treatments has abnormal, sharp abdominal pain. You ask the doctor to evaluate them before preceding with treatment. The doctor presses on their abdomen, and there is no pain when he is pressing. However, it is painful after he stops pushing and releases the pressure. He also listens to the abdomen with a stethoscope and hears no sounds coming from the intestinal tract. He sends them urgently to the ER. What does he suspect they have?

A person with pancreatic cancer needs to receive a pancreaticoduodenectomy as part of their treatment Explain what the procedure includes removal of, and what part of the pancreas the tumor is most likely located in.