Nurse Navigator
Three risk factors for breast cancer - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Having a family history of cancer (especially
breast and ovarian cancer)
2. Starting your menstrual cycle before age 12
3. Having your first baby after age 30 or being nulliparous
Regular screening for early detection of breast cancer - ✔✔ correct answer Yearly mammogram starting
at age 40 (or 10 years before age that a sister or mother was diagnosed with breast cancer), monthly
breast self exam (week after menstrual cycle or any time post-menopause), and yearly clinical breast
exam
Role of nurse navigators - ✔✔ correct answer Educators and system navigators for patients diagnosed
with cancer. They support patients and their families from the time of the cancer diagnosis throughout
treatment and connect them to a variety of readily available support resources w/in the community.
They coordinate the cancer conferences with physicians to discuss and determine best treatment plan.
Immediate education and support - ✔✔ correct answer Explaining the diagnosis, discuss surgical
options, and talk about treatments. The goal of this time is to prepare the patients for further
discussions with their oncologist, surgeon, etc.
What are some things nurse navigators discuss/give to patients - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Pathology report
2. Give patient an education packet
3. Genetic testing
Only high risk patients are presented at the multidisciplinary treatment conference. T or F? - ✔✔ correct
answer False (all patients)
Over __% of the women diagnosed with breast cancer at Prisma Health have tumors 2cm or less in size -
✔✔ correct answer 70
Treatment for most women with breast cancer (at Prisma Health) - ✔✔ correct answer Lumpectomy,
which is an outpatient procedure
What kind of tumors NEED radiation? - ✔✔ correct answer Invasive ductal or lobular
Three risk factors for breast cancer - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Having a family history of cancer (especially
breast and ovarian cancer)
2. Starting your menstrual cycle before age 12
3. Having your first baby after age 30 or being nulliparous
Regular screening for early detection of breast cancer - ✔✔ correct answer Yearly mammogram starting
at age 40 (or 10 years before age that a sister or mother was diagnosed with breast cancer), monthly
breast self exam (week after menstrual cycle or any time post-menopause), and yearly clinical breast
exam
Role of nurse navigators - ✔✔ correct answer Educators and system navigators for patients diagnosed
with cancer. They support patients and their families from the time of the cancer diagnosis throughout
treatment and connect them to a variety of readily available support resources w/in the community.
They coordinate the cancer conferences with physicians to discuss and determine best treatment plan.
Immediate education and support - ✔✔ correct answer Explaining the diagnosis, discuss surgical
options, and talk about treatments. The goal of this time is to prepare the patients for further
discussions with their oncologist, surgeon, etc.
What are some things nurse navigators discuss/give to patients - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Pathology report
2. Give patient an education packet
3. Genetic testing
Only high risk patients are presented at the multidisciplinary treatment conference. T or F? - ✔✔ correct
answer False (all patients)
Over __% of the women diagnosed with breast cancer at Prisma Health have tumors 2cm or less in size -
✔✔ correct answer 70
Treatment for most women with breast cancer (at Prisma Health) - ✔✔ correct answer Lumpectomy,
which is an outpatient procedure
What kind of tumors NEED radiation? - ✔✔ correct answer Invasive ductal or lobular
