A 35-year-old female client asks the clinic nurse when she should begin to have yearly mammograms. What does the nurse tell the client?
A. Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 25.
B. Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 40.
C. Yearly mammograms are not necessary unless there is a family history of breast cancer.
D. Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at the age of 20 and continuing until menopause begins.
Ans: B. Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 40.
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Which does the nurse recognize as the difference between standard precautions and transmission-based isolation precaution systems?
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