As nursing students were setting up a health screening at a local community center, they reviewed the need to screen for heart disease and cancer. One student asked, "But colon cancer is prevalent; why aren't we setting up for sigmoidoscopy?"
How would the instructor reply?
a. "A sigmoidoscopy is expensive to perform and invasive."
b. "Can you find adequate privacy for a sigmoidoscopy?"
c. "What a great idea. Would you like to help arrange it?"
d. "Would you like to administer that test for the screening?"
ANS: A
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