When Developing a Teaching Plan for a Patient with a 42-Pack-Year

question 43

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 which of the following?

• A) Reasons for annual sputum cytology testing
• B) Computed tomography screening for lung cancer
• C) Erlotinib (Tarceva)therapy to prevent tumour risk
• D) Options for smoking cessation

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