Module 3 - CHECKOFF

Module 3 - CHECKOFF for Video Presentation Activity

Multiple Choice

1. What is early breast screening method to detect breast cancer specially for high risk individual?

• MRI

• Biopsy of swelling

• Mammography

• Ultrasound

Screening Method

Mammography. The most important screening test for breast cancer is the mammogram. A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast. It can detect breast cancer up to two years before the tumor can be felt by you or your doctor.

Multiple Choice

Treatment for breast cancer includes surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and ________

• Hormonal therapy

• Reconstruction

• Radioactive iodine therapy

• Surgical resection

Treatment for breast cancer

Hormonal therapy is use when hormonal receptors (eg. Estrogen and HER-2) and may includes medications which block the formation or effects of estrogen. (Remember, Estrogens are natural hormones that are important in sexual development and other body functions. Higher amounts of estrogen in the blood are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer in women after menopause.

Multiple Choice

Initially lung cancer identified as a coin shape spot or coin lesion on chest Xray or non-calcified nodule on chest CT scan, infections can also cause these so what are typically done to form histopathologic diagnosis?

• Tissue biopsy from bronchoscopy

• CT guided fine needle aspiration

• Sputum cytology

• Both a and b are correct

histopathologic diagnosis

Tissue biopsy from bronchoscopy and CT guided fine needle aspiration is typically done to form histopathologic diagnosis.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following types of lung cancer is the most prevalent carcinoma of the lung for both men and women?

• Adenocarcinoma

• Large cell carcinoma

• Squamous cell carcinoma

• Small cell carcinoma

Types of Lung cancer

Adenocarcinoma . Adenocarcinoma presents more peripherally as peripheral masses or nodules and often metastasizes.

Multiple Choice

When teaching a client about the signs of colorectal cancer, Nurse Ray stresses that the most common complaint of persons with colorectal cancer is:

• Abdominal pain

• Hemorrhoids

• Change in caliber of stools

• Change in bowel habit

Signs of colorectal cancer

Change in bowel habits . Constipation, diarrhea, and/or constipation alternating with diarrhea are the most common symptoms of colorectal cancer.

Multiple Choice

The nurse is interviewing a male client about his past medical history. Which preexisting condition may lead the nurse to suspect that a client has colorectal cancer?

• Duodenal ulcers

• Hemorrhoids

• Weight gain

• Polyps

Colorectal Cancer

Polyps . Colorectal polyps are common with colon cancer. Duodenal ulcers and hemorrhoids aren’t preexisting conditions of colorectal cancer. Weight loss — not gain — is an indication of colorectal cancer.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following types of lung cancer is characterized as fast growing and tending to arise peripherally?

• Large cell carcinoma

• Bronchioalveolar carcinoma

• Adenocarcinoma

• Squamous cell carcinoma

Lung Cancer characteristic

Large cell carcinoma. Large cell carcinoma is a fast-growing tumor that tends to arise peripherally.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following terms is used to describe a chronic liver disease in which scar tissue surrounds the portal areas?

• Alcoholic cirrhosis

• Postnecrotic cirrhosis

• Biliary cirrhosis

• Compensated cirrhosis

Chronic liver disease

Alcoholic cirrhosis. This type of cirrhosis is due to chronic alcoholism and is the most common type of cirrhosis.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Gonzales was admitted to the hospital with ascites and jaundice. To rule out cirrhosis of the liver:Which laboratory test indicates liver cirrhosis?

• Decreased red blood cell count

• Decreased serum acid phosphate level

• Elevated white blood cell count

• Elevated serum aminotransferase

Liver cirrhosis

Elevated serum aminotransferase . Hepatic cell death causes release of liver enzymes alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) into the circulation. Liver cirrhosis is a chronic and irreversible disease of the liver characterized by generalized inflammation and fibrosis of the liver tissues.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be the priority nursing diagnosis for the adult client with acute leukemia?

• Oral mucous membrane, altered related to chemotherapy

• Risk for injury related to thrombocytopenia

• Fatigue related to the disease process

• Interrupted family processes related to life-threatening illness of a family member

Acute Leukemia

. Risk for injury related to thrombocytopenia . The client with acute leukemia has bleeding tendencies due to decreased platelet counts, and any injury would exacerbate the problem.