AONN- review questions
How many colon cancers are caused by Lynch Syndrome - ✔✔ correct answer 3 out of 10
Long-Term Effect - ✔✔ correct answer Something that started during treatment & lasts even after
treatment is over
Late Effects - ✔✔ correct answer Can happen months or even years after treatment
Ambivalence - ✔✔ correct answer Means having mixed feelings about something
Empowerment is ... - ✔✔ correct answer An Attribute of advocacy
T/F: Components of NN role include assessment, shared decision-making & identifying resources. - ✔✔
correct answer True
T/F: Barriers may occur at various points in the cancer continuum, from prevention to end of life, & may
overlap & repeat? - ✔✔ correct answer True
ONS Definition of Pt Navigation - ✔✔ correct answer The assistance provided to healthcare consumes,
pts, families, & caregivers to help them access & chart a course through the healthcare system &
overcome any barriers to care
Affordable Care Act: - ✔✔ correct answer -Expanded insurance coverage
-Helped with coat of care
-Improved access
-No pre-existing
-Covered preventative
-Stay on parents insurance til 26 yrs ol
T/F: 2013 survey showed more than half of pts reported that when they received a lack of kindness in
communication, they withheld information - ✔✔ correct answer True
,AONN- review questions
Red Flags for Low Literacy - ✔✔ correct answer -Doesn't ask questions
-Low level of education
-Inability to name meds, purpose or dose
-Inability to provide medical history
-Lack of adherence to tx plan or instructions
-Lack of follow through with tests, referrals, appointments
-Pt given info but unable to weigh risks
-Inability to make decision
Ethnocentrism - ✔✔ correct answer -Believing that attitudes & behaviors that are different than ours
aren't correct
-Judging another culture
Distress can: - ✔✔ correct answer extend along a continuum, ranging from common normal feelings of
vulnerability, sadness, & fears, to problems that can become disabling, such as depression, anxiety,
panic, social isolation & existential & spiritual crisis
Why called Distress Management - ✔✔ correct answer -b/c it is more acceptable & less stigmatizing than
"psychiatric, psychosocial, or emotional"
-Can be defined & measured by self-reporting
Percentage of pt with genetic predisposition - ✔✔ correct answer 10%
If mutation identified in a first degree relative, what is chance of also having the mutation - ✔✔ correct
answer 50%
Previvors - ✔✔ correct answer -People with a genetic predisposition for developing cancer
First step to any improvement project - ✔✔ correct answer Determine the global end goal
- should include an interdisciplinary team to ensure all stakeholders are accounted for
, AONN- review questions
T/F: in healthcare, continual improvement is essential, & analysis of processes is an effective method to
introduce changes to improve the quality of a product or service - ✔✔ correct answer True
Models of PT Navigation are based on: - ✔✔ correct answer Pt diagnosis & point in the continuum of
care
Goal of clinical trial: - ✔✔ correct answer to find better & safer way to prevent, screen for, diagnosis or
treat disease
-They also look for ways to improve pt's QoL
Common pt concerns about clinical trials are: - ✔✔ correct answer r/t quality of care
-New tx not working as well as standard tx
-Mistrust of medical research
-Being used as a guinea pig
-Getting a placebo instead of real tx
What do Trials study - ✔✔ correct answer -Prevention
-Screening
-Diagnosis
-Treatment
-QoL
Risks of Trial study - ✔✔ correct answer -New tx not always better
-May have unexpected or worse side effects
-Pts in trials may have more MD visits/tests
-Some costs may not be covered by Insurance
Benefits of trial study - ✔✔ correct answer -New txs may be more effective or safer than the current tx
-Pts in trial may be the 1st to benefit from new txs
How many colon cancers are caused by Lynch Syndrome - ✔✔ correct answer 3 out of 10
Long-Term Effect - ✔✔ correct answer Something that started during treatment & lasts even after
treatment is over
Late Effects - ✔✔ correct answer Can happen months or even years after treatment
Ambivalence - ✔✔ correct answer Means having mixed feelings about something
Empowerment is ... - ✔✔ correct answer An Attribute of advocacy
T/F: Components of NN role include assessment, shared decision-making & identifying resources. - ✔✔
correct answer True
T/F: Barriers may occur at various points in the cancer continuum, from prevention to end of life, & may
overlap & repeat? - ✔✔ correct answer True
ONS Definition of Pt Navigation - ✔✔ correct answer The assistance provided to healthcare consumes,
pts, families, & caregivers to help them access & chart a course through the healthcare system &
overcome any barriers to care
Affordable Care Act: - ✔✔ correct answer -Expanded insurance coverage
-Helped with coat of care
-Improved access
-No pre-existing
-Covered preventative
-Stay on parents insurance til 26 yrs ol
T/F: 2013 survey showed more than half of pts reported that when they received a lack of kindness in
communication, they withheld information - ✔✔ correct answer True
,AONN- review questions
Red Flags for Low Literacy - ✔✔ correct answer -Doesn't ask questions
-Low level of education
-Inability to name meds, purpose or dose
-Inability to provide medical history
-Lack of adherence to tx plan or instructions
-Lack of follow through with tests, referrals, appointments
-Pt given info but unable to weigh risks
-Inability to make decision
Ethnocentrism - ✔✔ correct answer -Believing that attitudes & behaviors that are different than ours
aren't correct
-Judging another culture
Distress can: - ✔✔ correct answer extend along a continuum, ranging from common normal feelings of
vulnerability, sadness, & fears, to problems that can become disabling, such as depression, anxiety,
panic, social isolation & existential & spiritual crisis
Why called Distress Management - ✔✔ correct answer -b/c it is more acceptable & less stigmatizing than
"psychiatric, psychosocial, or emotional"
-Can be defined & measured by self-reporting
Percentage of pt with genetic predisposition - ✔✔ correct answer 10%
If mutation identified in a first degree relative, what is chance of also having the mutation - ✔✔ correct
answer 50%
Previvors - ✔✔ correct answer -People with a genetic predisposition for developing cancer
First step to any improvement project - ✔✔ correct answer Determine the global end goal
- should include an interdisciplinary team to ensure all stakeholders are accounted for
, AONN- review questions
T/F: in healthcare, continual improvement is essential, & analysis of processes is an effective method to
introduce changes to improve the quality of a product or service - ✔✔ correct answer True
Models of PT Navigation are based on: - ✔✔ correct answer Pt diagnosis & point in the continuum of
care
Goal of clinical trial: - ✔✔ correct answer to find better & safer way to prevent, screen for, diagnosis or
treat disease
-They also look for ways to improve pt's QoL
Common pt concerns about clinical trials are: - ✔✔ correct answer r/t quality of care
-New tx not working as well as standard tx
-Mistrust of medical research
-Being used as a guinea pig
-Getting a placebo instead of real tx
What do Trials study - ✔✔ correct answer -Prevention
-Screening
-Diagnosis
-Treatment
-QoL
Risks of Trial study - ✔✔ correct answer -New tx not always better
-May have unexpected or worse side effects
-Pts in trials may have more MD visits/tests
-Some costs may not be covered by Insurance
Benefits of trial study - ✔✔ correct answer -New txs may be more effective or safer than the current tx
-Pts in trial may be the 1st to benefit from new txs
