NRNP 6540 WEEK 7 Exam | Knowledge Check 2023

NRNP 6540 WEEK 7 Exam | Knowledge Check 2023. June 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? Examining the female genito-reproductive system would be the same in younger and older patients. On a bimanual examination, the ovaries should not be palpable and the uterus should be small and firm. 2. Your 82-year-old patient comes to the clinic with complaints of cramping abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and obstipation for the past 4 days. His PMH includes hernia repair, HTN, and atrial fibrillation. Your examination leads you to suspect a small bowel obstruction. What is your diagnostic test of choice to determine the diagnosis? The initial diagnostic test for small bowel obstruction is the plain abdominal x-ray with flat and upright views. This radiologic test identifies multiple air-fluids, distention of small bowel loops and absence of gas in the areas of the colon. If no obstructions are seen in the x-rays but the provider has a high suspicion of the diagnosis, a CT scan is recommended. CT scan is found to be as high as 90% sensitive in identifying the presence of bowel strangulation and can determine the etiology and site of the obstruction. Ultrasonography is often utilized to evaluate acute abdominal pain and can also be used to identify obstruction and what caused it. 3. Sarah 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. TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors by the The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) is a staging system to classify malignant tumors. For breast cancer, it tells about the tumor size and how far it has spread within the breast and to adjacent tissues (T), the extent of spread to nearby lymph nodes (N), presence or absence of distant metastases (spread to distant organs) (M). Upon determining T, N, and M, stages are assigned as 0, I, II, II, or IV, with stage 0 being in situ stage, stage I as early stage invasive cancer, and stage IV as the most advanced disease with organ metastases.