The nurse is providing a health education workshop to a group of adults focusing on cancer prevention. The nurse should emphasize what action in order to reduce participants' risks of renal carcinoma?
A) Avoiding heavy alcohol use
B) Control of sodium intake
C) Smoking cessation
D) Adherence to recommended immunization schedules
Ans: C
Feedback:
Tobacco use is a significant risk factor for renal cancer, surpassing the significance of high alcohol and sodium intake. Immunizations do not address an individual's risk of renal cancer.
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A) A man who is 81 years of age B) A woman whose blood pressure is 88/51 mm Hg C) A man who donated blood 4 months ago D) A woman who has type 1 diabetes
Which statement made by a nurse represents incorrect information regarding the pain experience or pain management in older adult clients?
A. "Cognitively impaired older clients should be assessed more frequently for pain than older clients who are not cognitively impaired." B. "Older clients are more likely to have adverse reactions to pain medications, es-pecially opioids, than younger adults." C. "Older clients usually have had more experience with pain than younger clients." D. "Older clients have a different pain mechanism and do not feel it as much."
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What is happening, and what should you tell him?
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1. Confer with the physician about ordering a pregnancy test and discontinuing lith-ium. 2. Instruct the client to continue taking lithium according to the treatment plan. 3. Suggest to the physician that the lithium dose should be increased for better symptom control. 4. Remind the client that barrier birth control methods should be used to prevent pregnancy during lithium therapy.