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
The nurse needs to note the source of the patient health history
Patient teaching - eye assessment
This Native American depiction of the Sand Creek Massacre, painted on a buffalo hide, shows the Indi
The medical assistant escorts the patient into the examination room.
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
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