An 86-year-old client asks the nurse why cancer affects mostly the elderly. An accurate response would be:
A)
"The elderly have more oncogenes."
B)
"It may take 10 to 20 years after damage to the DNA for the cancer to appear."
C)
"The cells of the elderly are more fragile and more susceptible to cancer."
D)
"The elderly have a longer time to be affected by all carcinogens."
B
Explanation:
A)
Since the time between damage to the DNA and manifestation of a tumor may take 10 to 20 years, many cancers tend to occur in older adults.
Application
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
B)
Since the time between damage to the DNA and manifestation of a tumor may take 10 to 20 years, many cancers tend to occur in older adults.
Application
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
C)
Since the time between damage to the DNA and manifestation of a tumor may take 10 to 20 years, many cancers tend to occur in older adults.
Application
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
D)
Since the time between damage to the DNA and manifestation of a tumor may take 10 to 20 years, many cancers tend to occur in older adults.
Application
Implementation
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
You might also like to view...
A 6-year-old child is in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with a fractured femur and head trauma. The child was not wearing a helmet while riding his new bicycle on the highway, and collided with a car
The nurse can expect which of the following nursing diagnoses for the parents of this child? 1. Guilt related to buying a bicycle for the child 2. Family Coping: Compromised, related to the critical injury of the child 3. Parental Role Conflict related to child's wellness vs. illness 4. Knowledge Deficit related to home care of fractured femur
What is necessary to confirm a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer?
a. CT scan c. abdominal ultrasound b. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) d. pancreatic biopsy
The nurse is assessing a drug-dependent newborn. Which symptom would require further assessment by the nurse?
1. Occasional watery stools 2. Spitting up after feeding 3. Unrelieved irritability 4. Positive Babinski's reflex
Calculate the amount to administer: ________. Ordered: Akineton 2 mg IM nowOn hand: Akineton 5 mg/mL
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).