When Developing a Teaching Plan for a Patient with a 42

question 37

Multiple Choice

When developing a teaching plan for a patient with a 42 pack-year history of cigarette smoking, it will be most important for the nurse to include information about

• A) computed tomography ( CT ) screening for lung cancer.
• B) options for smoking cessation.
• C) reasons for annual sputum cytology testing.
• D) erlotinib ( Tarceva ) therapy to prevent tumor risk.

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