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folubunmi

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The nurse is caring for an x-ray technician who wears a badge that is monitored frequently to measure the amount of radiation he has absorbed. The nurse advises the technician that he has the highest risk for developing which type of cancer?
 
  a. Bladder cancer
  b. Leukemia
  c. Melanoma
  d. Lung cancer

Question 2

The nurse reading a tuberculin skin test (TST) on a new employee who lives in the Midwest, is 20-years-old, and has no known history of contact with any people with tuberculosis (TB).
 
  The nurse should interpret the reading as positive if the area around the injection site has an indura-tion of how many millimeters?
  a. 0 mm
  b. 5 mm
  c. 10 mm
  d. 15 mm



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Answer to Question 1

B
The blood cancer leukemia is associated with radiation exposure. Bladder, melanoma, and lung cancer are associated with other carcinogens.

Answer to Question 2

D
All TSTs are read at 48 to 72 hours after the injection. A positive reading of a TST for a person who is low risk for exposure is an area of swelling 15 mm or more. For individuals who are at high risk for TB (such as recent immigrants from countries where TB is prevalent, medically underserved groups, and the homeless), swelling of more than 10 mm is considered positive. In-dividuals with a history of contact with infectious TB or who are immunocompromised are con-sidered to have a positive TST if there is more than 5 mm of swelling.




folubunmi

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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