A community health nurse, who is working with a program to foster early detection of prostate cancer, recommends prostate-specific antigen testing and a digital rectal exam for men with average risk starting at which age?
A) 40 years
B) 45 years
C) 50 years
D) 55 years
Ans: C
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A) Transcranial Doppler flow study B) Cerebral angiography C) MRI D) Cranial radiography E) Electromyelography (EMG)
One of the implementations that the nurse could use to increase the comfort of a patient with oral hair leukoplakia is to:
1. allow aspirin to melt in the mouth and then wash out with warm water. 2. encourage warm salt water mouth rinses several times a day. 3. limit intake of ice cream and other cold foods. 4. offer fluids through a straw.
The majority of interventions done by the home care nurse are
A) health protection. B) primary prevention. C) secondary prevention. D) tertiary prevention.
Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus that is highly contagious.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)