The results of a 22-year-old college student's most recent Papanicolaou (Pap) test are suggestive of cervical cancer
Since learning of this news, the patient has asked numerous questions of all members of the health care team, including the nurses at the campus medical clinic. What patient teaching should the nurse at the clinic prioritize in this patient's care?
A) Environmental influences on the etiology of genitourinary cancers
B) The relationship between viruses and cervical cancer
C) Genetic and familial factors in the development of cervical cancer
D) The role that the immune system normally plays in preventing cancer
B
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a. Flexion b. Abduction c. Adduction d. Extension
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When working with low-income disabled families who have young children, the nurse recognizes that the children who are at greatest risk for abuse have
a. Physical disabilities b. Developmental delays c. Mental retardation d. Cognitive disabilities