The middle-aged client with lung cancer asks whether his adult children are at increased risk for this cancer. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "This disease is a random event and there is no way to prevent it."
b. "This disease is inherited, so your children have a 50% risk for developing it."
c. "Smoking is the main cause. Helping your children not smoke decreases their risk."
d. "They can avoid cancer by decreasing the fat they eat and by exercising more."
C
Long-term cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for lung cancer. Not smoking is the best way to prevent it.
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A) increased folic acid will help to prevent birth defects. B) these foods are high in fiber, and will prevent constipation. C) these high-iron foods will insure healthy fetal development. D) a low-fat diet will decrease morning sickness.
The nurse is caring for a client in the physician's office who wishes to quit smoking
The client asks the nurse, "If I quit smoking, will my risk of lung cancer be the same as a nonsmoker?" The nurse's best response includes which of the following? 1. "The risk of lung cancer will decline if you quit, but it will be higher than for someone who never smoked.". 2. "The risk of lung cancer will return to the same level as for a person who never smoked.". 3. "Your risk for lung cancer will never drop because the damage has already been done.". 4. "No one knows for sure what the risk is for someone who quits smoking.".
Which diagnosis has the highest priority for the child with irritable bowel syndrome?
a. Alteration in nutrition: Less than body re-quirements related to malabsorption b. Altered growth and development related to inadequate nutrition c. Pain related to hyperperistalsis d. Constipation related to maldigestion
Mr. Xenobia's chronic cancer pain has recently increased and he asks the home health nurse what can be done. In relationship to his long-acting morphine, which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?
a. "if you take more morphine, it will not change your pain effect" b. "I'll call the physician and ask for an increased dose" c. "the amount you are taking now is all I can give you" d. "I'm worried if we increase your dose that you will stop breathing"