Author Question: A nurse who is teaching a group of women about breast cancer would tell the women that: 1. risk ... (Read 98 times)

littleanan · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A nurse who is teaching a group of women about breast cancer would tell the women that:

1. risk factors identify more than 50 of women who will develop breast cancer.
2. nearly 90 of lumps found by women are malignant.
3. 1 in 10 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
4. the exact cause of breast cancer is unknown.

Question 2

Part of the health assessment of a newborn includes observing the newborn's breathing pattern. A full-term newborn's breathing pattern is predominantly:

1. abdominal with synchronous chest movements.
2. chest breathing with nasal flaring.
3. diaphragmatic with chest retraction.
4. deep with a regular rhythm.

xiaomengxian · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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1. Incorrect. Risk factors help to identify less than 30 of women in whom breast cancer will eventually develop.
2. Incorrect. It is estimated that the woman detects 90 of all breast lumps. Of this 90, only 20 to 25 are malignant.
3. Incorrect. One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her life-time.
4. Correct. The exact cause of breast cancer in unknown.

Answer to Question 2

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1. Correct. In normal infant respiration, the chest and abdomen rise synchronously and breaths are shallow and irregular.
2. Incorrect. Breathing with nasal flaring is a sign of respiratory distress.
3. Incorrect. Diaphragmatic breathing with chest retraction is a sign of respiratory distress.
4. Incorrect. Infant breaths are shallow and irregular.