John Thomas, a 51-year-old man who has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, has completed a course of antineoplastic chemotherapy. He is currently in the hospital for a bone marrow transplant. His physician orders a colony-stimulating factor (CSF).
- As a nurse, discuss the plan of care.
- Mr. Thomas receives the bone marrow transplant and questions the need for the CSF, stating, "I have new bone marrow now. Won't that make all the bone cells I need?' How should the nurse respond?