A Nurse Is Preparing to Teach a Class Related to Risk

question 11

Multiple Choice

A nurse is preparing to teach a class related to risk factors for cancer to a diverse ethnic group attending a health fair. The nurse should be aware:

• A) that Hispanic women overestimate the prevalence of cancer and strictly following breast self-examination guidelines.
• B) of the importance of risk factors such as smoking and alcohol consumption that increase esophageal cancer when speaking with black.
• C) that American-Indian women have a higher rate of ovarian cancer than the general population.
• D) that cancer as well as heart disease and stroke are lower in ethnic groups.

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Definitions:

Temporary Assistance

Temporary Assistance often refers to government-provided financial aid or welfare programs aimed at helping those in immediate financial need on a short-term basis.

Food Stamps

A government-provided voucher program, now commonly known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), designed to help low-income individuals and families afford food.

Contributory

Relating to or involving contributions; in the context of social security or insurance, it refers to systems where benefits are contingent upon the beneficiary's prior contributions.

Noncontributory

A social welfare program that does not require participants to have contributed to a specific fund in order to receive benefits from it.