How many colon cancers are caused by Lynch Syndrome - Answers 3 out of 10
Long-Term Effect - Answers Something that started during treatment & lasts even after treatment is
over
Late Effects - Answers Can happen months or even years after treatment
Ambivalence - Answers Means having mixed feelings about something
Empowerment is ... - Answers An Attribute of advocacy
T/F: Components of NN role include assessment, shared decision-making & identifying resources. -
Answers True
T/F: Barriers may occur at various points in the cancer continuum, from prevention to end of life, & may
overlap & repeat? - Answers True
ONS Definition of Pt Navigation - Answers 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: - Answers -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 - Answers True
Red Flags for Low Literacy - Answers -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 - Answers -Believing that attitudes & behaviors that are different than ours aren't correct
-Judging another culture
Distress can: - Answers 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 - Answers -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 - Answers 10%
If mutation identified in a first degree relative, what is chance of also having the mutation - Answers 50%
Previvors - Answers -People with a genetic predisposition for developing cancer
First step to any improvement project - Answers Determine the global end goal
- should include an interdisciplinary team to ensure all stakeholders are accounted for
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 - Answers True
Models of PT Navigation are based on: - Answers Pt diagnosis & point in the continuum of care
Goal of clinical trial: - Answers 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: - Answers 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 - Answers -Prevention