A Patient Is Scheduled for a Bone Scan

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient is scheduled for a bone scan. For which health problem should the nurse suspect this test is being used to diagnose?

• A) bone cancer
• B) a muscle mass near the bone
• C) new onset pain in the area of the bone
• D) normal calcium level

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Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning individuals cannot be effectively excluded from use and where use by one individual does not reduce availability to others.

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