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A patient is scheduled for cycle 3 of nivolumab. The patient has grade 2 diarrhea and the cycle 3 dose will be withheld. The patient is worried that missing a dose will cause the cancer to come back or that the regimen will be changed. How should the nurse respond?

          A patient is scheduled for cycle 3 of nivolumab. The patient has grade 2 diarrhea and the cycle 3 dose will be withheld. The patient is worried that missing a dose will cause the cancer to come back or that the regimen will be changed. How should the nurse respond?
        
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A patient is scheduled for cycle 3 of nivolumab. The patient has grade 2 diarrhea and the cycle 3 dose will be withheld. The patient is worried that missing a dose will cause the cancer to come back or that the regimen will be changed. How should the nurse respond?
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