A man has balanitis. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?
a. Educate the man on the side effects of chemotherapy.
b. Perform a finger stick for a blood glucose reading.
c. Administer pain medication before retracting the foreskin.
d. Prepare the man for a needle aspiration of the corpus.
Answer: b. Perform a finger stick for a blood glucose reading.
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A mother with mastitis is concerned about breastfeeding while she has an active infection. The nurse should explain that:
a. the infant is protected from infection by immunoglobulins in the breast milk. b. the infant is not susceptible to the organisms that cause mastitis. c. the organisms that cause mastitis are not passed to the milk. d. the organisms will be inactivated by gastric acid.
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A) "The elderly have more oncogenes." B) "It may take 10 to 20 years after damage to the DNA for the cancer to appear." C) "The cells of the elderly are more fragile and more susceptible to cancer." D) "The elderly have a longer time to be affected by all carcinogens."