A 40-Year-Old Woman Reports a Change in Mole Size, Accompanied

question 9

Multiple Choice

A 40-year-old woman reports a change in mole size, accompanied by color changes, itching, burning, and bleeding over the past month. She has a dark complexion and has no family history of skin cancer, but she has had many blistering sunburns in the past. What is the best response by the nurse?

• A) Tell the patient to watch the lesion and report back in 2 months.
• B) Refer the patient because of the suggestion of melanoma on the basis of her symptoms.
• C) Ask additional questions regarding environmental irritants that may have caused this condition.
• D) Tell the patient that these signs suggest a compound nevus, which is very common in young to middle-aged adults.

Understand the concepts of explanatory and response variables in different contexts.

Comprehend the relationship between variables, including direction, form, and strength of association.

Apply knowledge of scatterplots to describe relations between quantitative variables.

Interpret linear and nonlinear associations between variables.

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Definitions:

Profane

Anything considered to be mundane, ordinary, or not sacred in religious or cultural contexts.

Single

Pertaining to an individual who is not involved in a romantic relationship and is not married.

Religion

A system of beliefs, practices, and rituals related to a transcendent force or deity.

Norms

Standards or rules of behavior that are accepted within a group or society.