Your patient will begin chemotherapy next week. Based on the understanding of the effects of chemotherapy, what patient education would be appropriate? 1. Advise the patient to use good birth control...

Your patient will begin chemotherapy next week. Based on the understanding of the effects of chemotherapy, what patient education would be appropriate?

1. Advise the patient to use good birth control methods, because most chemotherapeutic agents are teratogenic.

2. Teach the patient that the toxicity associated with chemotherapy is most evident in cells that have a long life span, so the patient can expect to have continuous muscle aches while undergoing chemotherapy.

3. Most antineoplastic drugs produce most of the possible side  effects, so expect to be very sick during the entire span of treatment. Show the patient how to take nausea medication as prevention.

4. Most chemotherapeutics are excreted in the stool, so precautions should be taken.