Which pathologic description of a tumor should the nurse interpret as a "very malignant" or "high-grade" cancer?
A. Undifferentiated; mitotic index = 50%
B. Poorly differentiated; mitotic index = 40%
C. Moderately differentiated; mitotic index = 50%
D. Highly differentiated; mitotic index = 10%
A
Higher grade malignancies are rapid-growing, as indicated by a relatively high mitotic index, and have lost so many differentiated features that they no longer resemble the tissue from which they arose.
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Hodgkin disease is most common in ______________________
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The nurse has identified the goals of maintaining client safety and homeostasis during the intraoperative phase of client care. What nursing activities would support these goals?
1. Maintain the sterile field. 2. Perform instrument counts. 3. Instruct in postoperative exercises. 4. Position the client appropriately for surgery. 5. Perform preoperative skin preparation.
Research related to the trait approach has
a. Been a newer area of research. b. Been around for over 100 years. c. Not been a focus of researchers until recently. d. Consisted of very few known models and studies.