The Nurse Is Providing Instruction to a Patient Who Has

question 11

Multiple Choice

The nurse is providing instruction to a patient who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Which statement by the patient would indicate understanding of the nurse's instruction?

• A) "The prostate gland is where sperm are formed."
• B) "The prostate gland is located at the neck of my bladder."
• C) "The prostate gland produces semen."
• D) "The prostate gland is normally very small, only about a quarter of an inch long."

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Volumes

Measures of the three-dimensional space a substance (solid, liquid, or gas) occupies or contains, typically expressed in cubic units.

Pressure

The force per unit area applied to an object in a direction perpendicular to the surface.

Volume

A measure of the amount of three-dimensional space an object or substance occupies.

Gaseous System

A state of matter consisting of a collection of particles (atoms or molecules) that have neither a defined shape nor volume and can expand freely.