The nurse reminds the 40-year-old female patient that the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommendations for early detection of cancer include that she should:
a. get a Pap smear every year.
b. get an annual fecal occult blood exam.
c. plan a sigmoidoscopy every 5 years.
d. have a mammogram done every year.
D
The ACS recommends that 40-year-old women have an annual mammogram and a Pap smear every 2 to 3 years. Yearly fecal occult blood studies and sigmoidoscopy are recommended be-ginning at age 50.
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A child whose weight is 10.9 kg and is 60 cm tall has a BSA of ______________
a. 2.3 m2 b. 0.21 m2 c. 0.18 m2 d. 0.43 m2
The parents of a child diagnosed with sickle cell anemia ask what to do to avoid a sickle cell crisis. The nurse explains that the medical management of sickle cell crisis includes:
a. information for the parents including home care. b. providing adequate hydration and pain management. c. pain management and administration of iron supplements. d. adequate oxygenation and factor VIII.
The nursing manager evaluates which nurse as the best representative of the phrase "high tech, high touch"?
a. Able to form close bonds with patients requiring highly technological nursing care b. Combines clinical and people skills to provide holistic patient-centered care c. Uses ethics to make decisions and to guide daily nursing practice d. Willingly works with the most difficult or complex patients as a team member
List five factors that the home care assistant must consider when supervising a client's self-administration of medication.
What will be an ideal response?