The nurse is educating the 40-year-old female patient about the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommendations for early detection of cancer. Which information should she include when teaching?
a. Obtain a Pap smear every year.
b. Get an annual fecal occult blood examination.
c. Plan a sigmoidoscopy every 5 years.
d. Obtain a mammogram every year.
Question 2
The nurse is caring for a patient immediately postoperative after a left pneumonectomy. How should the nurse position the patient?
a. In high Fowler position
b. In semi-Fowler position
c. In a right side-lying position
d. In a left side-lying position
Male and female I. ricinus
Basal cell carcinoma, a frequent type of skin cancer that rarely metastasizes.
Entry level nurse competencies
Pigmented bands in nail of patient with dark skin
After multiple injections of a local anesthetic, the patient developed herpetic lesions.