
The nurse is caring for a client with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) who has induction therapy prescribed and the client asks the nurse whether the planned chemotherapy will be worth undergoing. Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?
A) "If you do not want to have chemotherapy, there are other options for treatment such as stem cell transplantation."
B) "The decision about chemotherapy is one that you and the doctor need to make rather than asking what I would do."
C) "You don't need to make a decision about treatment right now since leukemias in adults tend to progress quite slowly."
D) "The adverse effects of the chemotherapy are difficult, but AML frequently does go into remission with chemotherapy."
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