In Providing Care to a Patient Recently Diagnosed with Cancer

question 9

Multiple Choice

In providing care to a patient recently diagnosed with cancer that was designated as Stage III T3, N2, M1, which statement by the patient indicates the need for further teaching?

• A)"I am relieved that the cancer is still local."
• B)"I know that the tumor must be relatively large."
• C)"It looks like the cancer has spread."
• D)"I understand that the N3 means that the cancer is in my lymph nodes."

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Definitions:

Directly Proportional

A relationship between two variables where if one increases, the other one also increases at a constant ratio.

Inversely Proportional

A relationship between two variables where when one variable increases, the other decreases at a rate that maintains the constant product of the two variables.

Power Source

A component or system that provides electrical power to a circuit or device.

Electrostatic Attraction

The force of attraction between oppositely charged particles.