Comprehensive Nursing Pharmacology Q 148

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Chemotherapy dosing is usually based on the total body surface. What should the nurse do before administering chemotherapy?

  

     A. Get the body mass index (BMI).

     B. Ask the client about intake and output.

     C. Weigh and measure the height of the patient on the day of administration.

     D. Ask the client for the height and weight.

    

    

Correct Answer: C. Weigh and measure the height of the patient on the day of administration.

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To assure that the client obtains optimal doses of chemotherapy, dosing is usually based on the total body surface (BSA), which requires an accurate current measurement of height and weight on the day of the administration.

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Options A & B: These will not provide the information needed.

Option D: This will lead to an inaccurate value in determining the true body total surface.

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