Chapter 12 Care of the Patient With a Reproductive Disorder Adult Health Prep Exam Fully Solved.
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Care of the Patient with a Reproductive Disorder
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Care Of The Patient With A Reproductive Disorder
A patient visits her health care provider because of an increase in her abdominal girth and dyspnea during the past month as a result of pressure on her diaphragm. She is ddiagnosed as having ovarian cancer. The cause for these manifestations can be explained by what physiological occurance? - Answ...
Chapter 12 Care of the Patient With a
Reproductive Disorder Adult Health Prep
Exam Fully Solved.
A patient visits her health care provider because of an increase in her abdominal girth and dyspnea
during the past month as a result of pressure on her diaphragm. She is ddiagnosed as having ovarian
cancer. The cause for these manifestations can be explained by what physiological occurance? - Answer
development of ascites
The nurse is discussing breast self-examination with a 30-year-old premenopausal patient. When should
the nurse advise is the best time for the patient to perform her monthly self-examination of the breasts?
- Answer the same day of each month
A 52-year-old patient has ductal cell carcinoma of the left breast. After a modified radical mastectomy, a
Davol drain is placed in the left axillary region. What is the primary purpose of this drain? - Answer To
facilitate drainage and to prevent formation of a hematoma
A 35-year-old patient has undergone a vasectomy. Teaching for this patient should include what
information? - Answer He should return to the health care provider at regular intervals for sperm
counts
A 44-year-old patient is admitted for an abdominal hysterectomy. She is instructed that she will have a
Foley catheter in place postoperatively. She asks the nurse how many days she will have the catheter in
place. What is the best response by the nurse? - Answer "The indwelling catheter will generally be
removed on the first postoperative day."
A 60-year-old patient underwent a vaginal hysterectomy for a prolapsed uterus. The nurse is aware that
patients undergoing pelvic surgery are more susceptible to what postoperative complications? (select all
that apply) - Answer -venous stasis
-thrombophlebitis
A 49-year-old obese diabetic has had a total abdominal hysterectomy. On the second postoperative day,
the patient complains of increased pain in the operative site. She states, "It feels like something suddenly
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