You Are a Nurse Working in a Community Health Center

question 7

Multiple Choice

You are a nurse working in a community health center that is sponsoring a program that offers free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood tests to all men older than age 50.A man approaches you and asks,"What is this all about?" What is the best response to him?

• A) "PSA is one of the primary screening tests for prostate cancer.All men older than 50 should be screened for prostate cancer."
• B) "PSA is a definitive way to diagnose prostate cancer.All men older than 50 should be screened for prostate cancer."
• C) "PSA is indicated when a man has other symptoms of prostate cancer."
• D) "PSA is invalid unless a digital rectal exam is done immediately before the blood sample being drawn."

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