NUR 2392 / NUR2392: Multidimensional Care II / MDC 2 Exam 1 Blueprint 2023 Rasmussen College

NUR 2392 / NUR2392: Multidimensional Care II / MDC 2 Exam 1 Blueprint 2023 Rasmussen College. Describe the difference between these type of cancer prevention and list the correlating strategies: Primary prevention is the use of strategies to prevent the actual occurrence of cancer. This type of cancer prevention is most effective when there is a known cause for a cancer type. Secondary prevention is the use of screening strategies to detect cancer early, at a time when cure or control is more likely. 12. Example: You identify that your 30 year old patient has a “family history of colon cancer” that hasn’t reached the patient. What level of prevention will you focus on? Primary prevention 13. Examples of modifying behaviors to reduce the risk of cancer (Page 381 under primary prevention): Avoidance of known or potential carcinogens, Modifying associated factors, Removal of “at-risk” tissues, Chemoprevention, Vaccination Cancer Management: Drug Therapy, Surgery, Radiation, photodynamic therapy 14. Treatment approach: Describe these terms in reference to a cancer diagnosis and surgical approach. Pg 386. In your own words describe a scenario for each surgical approach. 1. Curative: removes all cancer tissue 2. Prophylactic: removes potentially cancerous tissue as a means of preventing cancer development 3. Diagnostic: (excisional biopsy) is the removal of all or part of a suspected lesion for examination and testing to confirm or rule out a cancer diagnosis