Exam 17: Care of the Patient with Cancer

What are the signs and symptoms of prostatic enlargement? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse explains to a 43-year-old patient with a benign tumor in her right breast that a benign tumor differs from a malignant tumor in that benign tumors:

Which of the following are risk factors for cancer? (Select all that apply. )

A male patient is undergoing external radiation therapy on an outpatient basis for treatment of Hodgkin disease.After 2 weeks of treatment,he tells the nurse that he is so tired he can hardly get out of bed in the morning.Which is an appropriate goal?

The difference between an excisional biopsy and an incisional biopsy is that an excisional biopsy involves the:

A patient,age 56,has been advised that his prostate-specific antigen (PSA)level is elevated.The physician then performed a digital rectal examination (DRE).What should the next definitive diagnostic test be?

After an elevation of his PSA,the patient has blood drawn for a CA-19-9.When he asks the nurses the purpose of this new test,what is the most appropriate response?

Which of the following are thrombocytopenic precautions?

What should the home health nurse advise the patient who found a lump in her breast a week ago during breast self-examination?

The nurse remarks that the American Cancer Society (ACS)reports that cancer is the ______ leading cause of death in the United States.

Which of the following characteristics is common in malignant tumors?

The nurse knows which of the following to be characteristics of malignant tumors?

Select the foods that are recommended for prevention of colorectal cancer in men.(Select all that apply. )

A patient who has malignant cancer secondary to a high-grade lymphoma has been admitted with muscle weakness,tetany,paresthesia,and convulsion.The nurse notices the patient is being treated for tumor lysis syndrome (TLS)and initial treatment has not been successful.What should the nurse tell the family is the next step in treatment?

What is the function of organizations like The Lost Chord Club,Reach for Recovery,and I Can Cope?

What would the nurse encourage the patient to look for during self-testicular testing? (Select all that apply. )

Which of the following are nursing interventions for the nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements? (Select all that apply. )

What measures would the home health nurse,designing nursing interventions for a patient receiving external radiation treatments for a malignancy,recommend to protect the patient's skin?

What happens during the process of immunosurveillance?

Which of the following men should be highest priority for referral for a prostate-specific antigen (PSA)?