NRNP6540 Week 7 Knowledge Check Latest 2020 December

NRNP6540

Week 7 Knowledge Check

QUESTION 1You prescribe Flomax for your patient for the treatment of BPH. Explain why you would recommend that your patient take this medication at bedtime rather than in the morning?

QUESTION 2Maggie is a 70-year-old female who presents for a routine checkup. She admits she has not been to a health care provider for 10 years. Describe at least four (4) important ROS questions you will ask this older female about her genitourinary and reproductive system.

QUESTION 3List at least three types of treatment for breast cancer.

QUESTION 4A patient wants to know what the risk of her daughter getting breast cancer is if the daughter tests positive for the BRCA1 gene. What would you say to her?

QUESTION 5Sarah is a 68-year-old patient who had a mammogram and biopsy positive for breast cancer. Her breast cancer is staged at T1N0M0. Sarah asks you what this means. Please describe what TNM indicates.

QUESTION 6You suspect cholecystitis in your 72-year-old patient complaining of right-sided abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting that began after eating 3 days ago. Beside ultrasound, what other diagnostic tests could you order? Describe at least two tests.

QUESTION 7You are prescribing Proscar for Alex, a 67-year-old male with BPH and significant urinary frequency and nocturia. What are some of the side effects that you would discuss with him? List at least two.

QUESTION 8June is a 69-year-old being seen for her GYN exam. She still has her uterus and ovaries. What do you expect to find on bimanual examination?

QUESTION 9Would you perform a pap smear on June, your 69-year-old patient? (She has had normal pap smears in the past.)

QUESTION 10Ben is your 85-year-old patient with mild BPH. Name at least two classes of medications that Ben should avoid that could make voiding with BPH more difficult.