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urbanoutfitters

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on: Jul 11, 2018
Recognizing the high incidence of breast cancer among older adult women, a public health nurse has included the topic in a health promotion teaching session at a senior's center.
 
  What should the nurse tell the assembled women about their risk of developing breast cancer? A) Stopping your hormone replacement therapy can greatly reduce your chance of developing breast cancer..
  B) The substances that you were exposed to during your childbearing years will largely determine your future risks of breast cancer..
  C) Breast cancer appears to be heavily influenced by heredity..
  D) Women who had their children very early in life appear to have an increased risk of breast cancer..

Question 2

Your patient has recently completed her first round of chemotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer. When reviewing this morning's blood work, what findings would be suggestive of myelosuppression?
 
  A) Decreased sodium levels and decreased potassium levels
  B) Increased creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
  C) Decreased platelets and red blood cells
  D) Increased white blood cells and c-reactive protein (CRP)


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
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Genetic factors play a significant role in the development of breast cancer, superseding the role of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), environmental factors, and time of childbearing.

Answer to Question 2

C


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