The nurse is instructing the client to perform a testicular self-examination. The nurse tells the client:          A. That testicular examin...

The nurse is preparing for a female client for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to confirm or rule out a spinal cord lesion. During the MRI ...

While being prepared for a biopsy of a lump in the right breast, the patient asks the nurse what the difference is between a benign tumor an...

The community nurse is conducting a health promotion program at a local school and is discussing the risk factors associated with cancer. Wh...

Nina, an oncology nurse educator, is speaking to a women’s group about breast cancer. Questions and comments from the audience reveal a misu...

A patient who has been told by the health care provider that the cells in a bowel tumor are poorly differentiated asks the nurse what is mea...

The client with cancer is receiving chemotherapy and develops thrombocytopenia. The nurse identifies which intervention is the highest prior...

Nurse Mary is instructing a premenopausal woman about breast self-examination. The nurse should tell the client to do her self-examination: ...

A patient who smokes tells the nurse, “I want to have a yearly chest x-ray so that if I get cancer, it will be detected early.” Which respon...

A client is diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The client asks the nurse about the diagnosis. The nurse bases the response on which of the fol...

Nurse Kent is teaching a male client to perform monthly testicular self-examinations. Which of the following points would be appropriate to ...

In teaching about cancer prevention to a community group, the nurse stresses the promotion of exercise, normal body weight, and a low-fat di...

According to a standard staging classification of Hodgkin’s disease, which of the following criteria reflects stage III?          A. Involve...

A 36-year-old man with lymphoma presents with signs of impending septic shock 9 days after chemotherapy. The nurse would expect which of the...

During the admission assessment of a 35 year old client with advanced ovarian cancer, the nurse recognizes which symptom as typical of the d...

A patient receiving head and neck radiation and systemic chemotherapy has ulcerations over the oral mucosa and tongue and thick, ropey saliv...

The nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Which of the following would the nurse expect to ...

Rhea has malignant lymphoma. As part of her chemotherapy, the physician prescribes chlorambucil (Leukeran), 10 mg by mouth daily. When carin...

During a routine health examination, a 30-year-old patient tells the nurse about a family history of colon cancer. The nurse will plan to   ...

The nurse is developing a plan of care for the client with multiple myeloma. The nurse includes which priority intervention in the plan of c...