While discussing coronary heart disease risk factors with a group ...

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While discussing coronary heart disease risk factors with a group of factory employees, the nurse includes which options as modifiable risk factors?
 
  Select all that apply.
  1. hypertension
  2. diabetes mellitus
  3. obesity
  4. age
  5. heredity

Question 2

While assessing a patient's lymph nodes, the nurse suspects that the patient has a malignancy. What did the nurse assess to make this clinical decision?
 
  Select all that apply.
 
  1. painful nodes in the neck
  2. lymph nodes adhering to the chest wall
  3. rubbery lymph nodes in the femoral region
  4. hard, nodular lymph nodes in the axillary region
  5. warm lymph nodes along the upper chest

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3
A person can make a choice to modify hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity by controlling them through medications, weight control, diet, and exercise. Hereditary and aging effects on coronary heart disease cannot be changed.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2, 3, 4
Malignant or metastatic nodes may be hard, indicating lymphoma; rubbery, indicating Hodgkin disease; or fixed to adjacent structures. Usually they are not tender. Lymph nodes that are warm indicate infection.