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craiczarry · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is doing preoperative teaching for a client who is scheduled for removal of cervical polyps in the office. Which statement by the client indicates a correct understanding of the procedure?

a. I hope that I do not have cancer of the cervix.
b. There should be little or no discomfort during the procedure.
c. There may be a lot of bleeding after the polyp is removed.
d. This may prevent me from having any more children.

Question 2

A client has recently been diagnosed with stage III endometrial cancer and asks the nurse for an explanation. What response by the nurse is correct about the staging of the cancer?

a. The cancer has spread to the mucosa of the bowel and bladder.
b. It has reached the vagina or lymph nodes.
c. The cancer now involves the cervix.
d. It is contained in the endometrium of the cervix.

CharlieArnold · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Polyp removal is a simple office procedure with the client feeling no pain. The other responses are incorrect. Cervical polyps are the most common benign growth of the cervix. Cautery is used to stop any bleeding, and there is no evidence that cervical polyps have a relationship to childbearing.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Stage III of endometrial cancer reaches the vagina or lymph nodes. Stage I is confined to the endometrium. Stage II involves the cervix, and stage IV spreads to the bowel or bladder mucosa and/or beyond the pelvis.