Module 11- Cancer Quiz

Upon checking the chart of the patient the nurse read that the tumor was well differentiated. The nurse is correct if he interprets this data as?

• The tumor cells are close to normal cells.

• The tumor cells are abnormal looking cells

• They accidentally took a different cell

• All of the above

The doctor of a cancer patient took a biopsy and graded the tumor. The nurse read that the tumor was undifferentiated. The nurse knows that this means that?

• The tumor cells are close to normal cells.

• The tumor cells are abnormal looking cells

• They accidentally took a different cell

• All of the above

An oncology nurse must be knowledgeable in grading tumor cells of patients. When the tumor cell tends to grow and spread slowly also terms as moderately differentiated the nurse knows that the grade of the tumor is?

• Grade 1

• Grade 2

• Grade 3

• Grade 4

The doctor stated that the patient’s tumor cell was poorly differentiated. What is the expected grade of the tumor?

• Grade 1

• Grade 2

• Grade 3

• Grade 4

A patient is curious and asks the nurse about common signs and symptoms of cancer. All of the following are signs and symptoms of cancer, EXCEPT?

• A sore that takes 2 weeks to heal

• Indigestion or difficulty swallowin

• Thickening or lump in breast

• Nagging cough

A nurse is teaching a patient how to do self breast examination. All of the following health teachings are correct, EXCEPT?

• Use the finger pads of the 3 middle fingers on your left hand to feel for lump in the right breast.

• Use 3 different levels of pressure to feel all the breast tissue, light, medium and firm pressure.

• Do self breast examination every before menstruation to get an accurate assessment.

• Move in an up and down pattern called the vertical strip pattern to cover the entire breast.

Upon checking the chart of the patient the nurse read that the tumor was well differentiated. The nurse is correct if he interprets this data as?

• The tumor cells are close to normal cells.

• The tumor cells are abnormal looking cells

• They accidentally took a different cell

• All of the above

Which of the following client is the most prone to cancer?

• Mike 30 years old who is obese

• Dana 29 years old who is a heavy smoker

• Carol 40 years old who is a x-ray technician

• Jon 20 whose grandfather was diagnosed with prostate cancer

All of the following is high risk for reproductive and hormonal cancer, EXCEPT?

• Early menarche

• Early menopause

• Nulliparus

• Older than 30 at the birth of 1^st child

A nurse should be knowledgeable of the statistics of mortality of cancer globally. What cancer is number 1 in the 2017 Cancer deaths?

• Breast cancer

• Colon cancer

• Stomach cancer

• Lung cancer