AONN REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
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
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
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
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
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
