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nramada

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Evaluate Mr. Mahon's initial nursing assessment. What important factors noted in his nutrition assessment will affect your nutrition recommendations?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Mr. Seyer's cancer was described as Stage IV T2 N2b. Explain this terminology, which is used to describe staging for malignancies.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

 Has not eaten over past 3 days (d/t pain)
 Alcohol intake
 Frequent consumption of fast food
 50 wt. gain x 5 years
 Attempting to stop antidepressant meds (may affect appetite or may use food as a replacement)
Mr. Mahon's initial nursing assessment shows signs of dehydration (cloudy, amber urine; tenting of skin; poor skin integritydry, tears; dry mucous membranes), which will affect calculations for fluid requirements. Mr. Mahon has a fever and his skin is clammy and diaphoretic. Presence of fever may increase energy needs.

Answer to Question 2

 The stage number I-V refers to how extensive the disease is.
- Higher numbers indicate more extensive disease, greater tumor size, and/or spread of the cancer to nearby lymph nodes and/or organs.
- In stage IV, the cancer has spread to distant tissues and organs.
 The Tumor Node Metastases (TNM) Staging System uses T, N, and M to further categorize the tumor.
- The T category describes the original tumor:
 TX means the tumor can't be measured or found.
 T0 means there is no evidence of a primary tumor.
 Tis means the tumor has not started growing into surrounding tissues.
 The numbers T1-T4 describe size and/or level of invasion into nearby structures.
- The N category describes whether or not the cancer has reached nearby lymph nodes:
 NX means nearby lymph nodes can't be measured or found.
 N0 means nearby lymph nodes do not contain cancer.
 N1-N3 describe size, location, and/or the number of lymph nodes involved.
- The M category tells whether there are distant metastases:
 MX means metastasis can't be measured or found.
 M0 means there are no known distant metastases.
 M1 means distant metastases are present.
- In stage T2 N2b, it means that cancerous cells have invaded into nearby tissues and are found in 7 or more nearby lymph nodes.




nramada

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Reply 2 on: Aug 21, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


Chelseyj.hasty

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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