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Oncology and Renal System Nursing Review

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This document is a study guide or review sheet for nursing students, covering key concepts in oncology and the renal system. The oncology section details screening guidelines for various cancers (breast, cervical, colorectal, prostate), risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, and treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. The renal section covers the anatomy and physiology of the kidneys, urinary tract infections (cystitis, pyelonephritis), renal calculi (kidney stones), glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and both acute and chronic renal failure, including associated nursing interventions.

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Oncology i




▪ Warning signs a person can have cancer
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- Changei ini boweli ori bladderi habitsi

- Ai sorei thati doesi noti heali

- Unusuali bleedingi ori dischargei

- Thinkingi ai lumpi ini breasti ori otheri sidei

- Indigestioni

- Obviousi changei ini ai warti ori molei

- Naggingi cough,i hoarsenessi (Persistenti cough)i
i

Note:i Ifi questioni comesi i i i i i i i i i Note:i Ifi questionsi comei
ii i i i i i Hoarsenessi


- Naggingi coughi i i i Canceri


i i i i i i i Acutei i Chronici

Laryngospasmi i Canceri -i Whoopingi coughi iii Pertussisi
i

iii Emergencyi i i i -i Barkingi coughi iii Croupi
i




Screening i



1. Self-breasti examinationi

- Monthlyi

- Menstruationi 7i daysi afteri

- Posti menopausei (choosei onei dayi duringi thei month,i alwaysi thei samei day)i i

2. Clinicali breasti examinationi -i 20i –i 39i everyi 3i yearsi

i i i i i -i ≥i 40i yearlyi

3. Pelvici exami -i 20i –i 39i everyi 3i yearsi

i i i -i ≥i 40i yearlyi

, i

4. Mammographyi -i 20i –i 39i everyi 3i yearsi

i i i -i ≥i 40i yearlyi

5. Papi smeari i i i i i i i -i 20i –i 39i withi highi riski yearlyi i i i i i Ifi riski decreasei i everyi 3i yearsi

- 20i –i 39i withi noi riski i i Yearlyi

- ≥i 40i yearlyi

Note:i i

- Papi smeari shouldi noti bei donei beforei 21i yearsi old.i Beforei 21i year,i thisi testi isi noti
usuallyi done.i

- Afteri 21i yearsi ofi age,i ifi patienti isi ati highi riski thei doctori decidedi howi ofteni thei testi isi
done.i i

- Principali causei ofi canceri deathi ini thei USAi isi thei Lungi canceri ini Malei andi Femalei -i

Secondi causei ofi canceri ini Femalei i iiiiiiii Breasti canceri i

Secondi causei ofi canceri ini Malei Prostatei canceri

- Thirdi causei ofi canceri ini Malei andi Femalei i Coloni canceri i

≥ 50 years Male and Female
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6.i Sigmoidoscopyi everyi 5i yearsi

iiii Colonoscopyi everyi 10i yearsi

i Note:i i

Ifi patienti hasi Inflammatoryi boweli diseasei (IBD);i Crohn’si disease,i Colitisi ulcersi

,i i i i i i i i i
Premalignanti lesions Colonoscopyi Yearly
i i i
7.i Guaiaci testi (Bloodi occulti fecali test ) Yearly
i i i i
Falsei Positivei (+) Falsei Negativei ( -)
i i i i i i i
- Redi meat - Viti Ci (Ascorbici acid)
i i i
- Beels
i i i
- Aspirini (ASA)
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- Ironi (Fe)
i i i
- Cranberry
Guaiaci testi
i i


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8. Prostatei >i 50i yearsi

i


PSAi (Prostatici specifici antigen)i i DREi (Digitali rectali examination)i

1st exam 2ndi exami
i i
i i i i




Normali value:i 0i –i 4i i PSAi +i DRE:i bothi examsi arei done,i althoughi
thei PSAi isi normali i

Prostatei abnormali i i i i i i i -i Hardi

- Irregulari i i i i i i i i Doctori willi orderi Biopsyi iiiii Positivei diagnosisi

- Painlessi

- Fixedi

9. Testesi self-examinationi

- Monthlyi i Mosti commoni canceri i i 15i –i 35i yearsi
oldi

, - ≥i 12i yearsi oldi Self-examinationi duringi ori afteri warmi showeri ▪i Testesi

warning signs i i




- Painlessi swallowingi i i i -i Hardi lumpi

- Fluidi accumulationi ini thei scrotumi i -i Dulli achei ini thei groini areai

- Enlargementi ori tendernessi ofi breasti

▪ Oral cancer
i i i



i -i Mouthi -i Lipi -i Pharynxi -i Mucousi membranei i i i i i i -i Tonguei

▪ Clinical manifestations of Oral cancer
i i i i i i



- Ai sorei throati doesi noti heali

- Chronici hoarsenessi /i Naggingi /i Persistenti

- Paini /i difficultyi swallowingi

- Sorei throati
i
i
Risk factor of Oral cancer
i i i i i Smokingi

▪i Canceri Larynxi =i Voicei cordi canceri

i -i Abnormal,i malignant,i growthi ofi voicei cordsi

Risk factor of Larynx cancer
i i i i i i i i i -i Smokingi i i i i i i i i i -i Highi intakei alcoholi oi Clinicali

manifestations of Larynx cancer i i i i




- Chronic,i naggingi hoarsenessi -i Difficultyi duringi swallowingi

- Persistenti sorei throati i -i Burningi sensationi wheni drinkingi hoti fluidsi

i i i i Sore i throat i


i
- Pharyngitisi i -i Immunosuppressorsi i Priorityi
i i
- Laryngitisi ii i




i i i Expectedi i Chronici sorei throat:i i i i -i Orali canceri

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