While completing an admission assessment, the nurse learns that a ...

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While completing an admission assessment, the nurse learns that a female adult patient has smoked one pack/day for 20 years and works at a chemical plant. From this information, what is this patient at risk for developing?
 
  1. Decreased fertility
  2. Increased life expectancy because she is female
  3. No difference in risk because of social and occupational circumstances
  4. Environmental and occupational hazards that may affect life expectancy

Question 2

The term ____________ is used for various substances that are known to contribute to cancer.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Given the limited information on the chemical exposures, it is inconclusive to consider any effect on fertility.

Answer to Question 2

carcinogen

A carcinogen is a substance known to increase the risk of developing cancer. Carcinogens include tobacco, fumes from rubber and chlorine, and dust from cotton, coal, nickel, chromate, asbestos, and vinyl chloride.