What is meant by the term generation time with regard to cancer development?
A. The rate at which cancer cells are able to migrate and metastasize to different sites
B. The amount of time it takes for a malignant tumor to double in size by mitotic cell divisions
C. The period of time necessary for one cell to enter and complete one round of cell division by mitosis
D. The period of time between when a carcinogen damages the DNA of a cell and when that cell expresses malignant characteristics
C
The definition of generation time is the period of time necessary for one cell to complete a round of cell division.
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a. health history. b. review of systems. c. family history. d. nursing assessment.
Which statement made by the client indicates an internal locus of control?
a. I have found that when I eat a high-fiber, low-fat diet my diabetes is easier to regulate. b. My wife fixes all my meals. You'll have to talk to her about that diet you want me to be on. c. I can't exercise the way the doctor told me to because I don't make enough money to join a health club. d. My mother and my father both had heart disease. I guess I can expect it, too.
When the nurse read that the patient's breast tumor is a stage II, the nurse realizes that the tumor is:
1. smaller than 2 cm, with no positive lymph nodes and no metastasis. 2. 2 to 5 cm, with no positive lymph nodes and no metastasis evident 3. larger than 5 cm, with no positive lymph nodes and no metastasis. 4. 2 to 5 cm, with positive axillary lymph nodes and no metastasis.
Which newborn is at higher risk for developing hypoglycemia? (Select all that apply.)
a. Post-term newborn b. 38 weeks' gestation newborn c. Small-for-gestational-age newborn d. Large-for-gestational-age newborn e. Term newborn born by cesarean birth