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BREAST CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINES - regular screening mammography starting at age 45 years. Women aged 45 to 54 years should be screened annually. Women 55 years and older should transition to biennial screening or have the opportunity to continue screening annually. continue screening mammography as long as overall health is good and life expectancy is 10 years or longer THE BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION - lie down and place one arm behind the head use finger pads of three middle fingers of the...

The nurse is assessing the factors contributing to the well-being of a newly admitted client. Which of the following would the nurse identify as having a positive impact on the individual's mental health? A) Not needing others for companionship B) The ability to effectively manage stress C) A family history of mental illness D) Striving for total self-reliance - Ans: B Feedback: Individual factors influencing mental health include biologic makeup, autonomy, independence, self-esteem, capacity f...

A 42-year-old male patient complains of shoulder pain when the nurse moves his arm behind the back. Which question should the nurse ask? a. Are you able to feed yourself without difficulty? b. Do you have difficulty when you are putting on a shirt? c. Are you able to sleep through the night without waking? d. Do you ever have trouble lowering yourself to the toilet? - b. Do you have difficulty when you are putting on a shirt? The patients pain will make it more difficult to accomplish tasks lik...

The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is obtaining a medical history about a child. To integrate both nursing and medical aspects of primary care, which will be included in the medical history? - Speech and language development, beliefs about health and previous illness. when meeting with a new family, the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner develops a database that identifies family members and others living in the household, relationships with others outside the household, and s...

Neuroscientists study.... - molecular mechanism of neurons AND cognitive functions Nerves tissues includes... - neurons AND glial cells The most complicated neural circuits belong to the.... - cerebral cortex Dolorology is - study of pain The nucleus refers to an - aggregated nerve cell bodies in the CNS The ascending nervous system contains.... - sensory neurons The enteric nervous system regulates in the - local intestinal motility The highest number of neurons belong to a - new born ba...

What should the external ocular structures be able to do? - Move purposefully What are the external ocular structures? - Eyebrows, eyelids, eyelashes, eyeballs, conjuctive, sclera, lacrimal apparatus What does the diagnostics positions test, test for? - Parallel tracking, nystagmus and lid lag What position should the neck be for carotid artery auscultation? - A neutral position What do you look for when auscultating the carotid artery? - Bruits by using the bell What should the patient do ...

what are the four concepts of the neurological assessment - 1. cognition 2. sensory perception 3. mobility 4. pain is the neurologic system completely developed at birth - no is the neurological system the first system that develops in utero - yes where is motor activity of the spine controlled in - the medulla are neurons fully myelinated in an infant - no what do movements occur primarily by in infants - by primitive reflexes (sucking: being able to feed) what proceeds as myelin is devel...

What subjective data would you need to collect for the eyes? - -visual difficulties? -loss of color with vision? halos around objects? -loss of peripheral vision? (glaucoma) -night blindness? -eye pain? -contacts, glasses or reading glasses? -redness or swelling, drainage, tearing or crusting? -allergies, medication? -self care: last eye exam? protective eyewear? Poor work environment? clean contacts? remove makeup? -surgery on the eyes? What subjective data should you collect for the ear? - -h...

when does salivation begin in infants - at 3 months when do teeth erupt - between 6-24 months how many deciduous (impermanent) teeth do infants have - 20 how many teeth will deciduous teeth be replaced with - 32 teeth when do children start losing deciduous teeth - at 6-12 years in pregnancy, what may occur to the nose - nasal stuffiness and epistaxis what is epistaxis - nose bleed gums may be ________ and softened during pregnancy. they may bleed during normal tooth bruising - hyperemic ...

Anatomy of the eye - Pupil iris sclera caruncle cornea lens conjunctiva retina optic nerve retinal blood vessels Anatomy of inner eye - optic disc - fibers from retina converging to form optic nerve macula- slightly darker pigmented section that surrounds fovea centralis. Transduces light from center of visual field fovea centralis - Area of sharpest vision (DO NOT SHINE LIGHT ON THIS) eye muscles - 6 total 4 straight (rectus) superior inferior lateral medial 2 slanting (oblique) What cra...