Walden NRNP6540 Quiz Week 7 Knowledge Check 2021

QUESTION 1 You prescribe Flomax for your patient for the treatment of BPH. Explain why you would recommend that your patient take this medication at bedtime rather than in the morning?

QUESTION 2  Maggie is a 70-year-old female who presents for a routine checkup. She admits she has not been to a health care provider for 10 years. Describe at least four (4) important ROS questions you will ask this older female about her genitourinary and reproductive system.

QUESTION 3 List at least three types of treatment for breast cancer.

QUESTION 4 A patient wants to know what the risk of her daughter getting breast cancer is if the daughter tests positive for the BRCA1 gene. What would you say to her?

QUESTION 5 Sarah is a 68-year-old patient who had a mammogram and biopsy positive for breast cancer. Her breast cancer is staged at T1N0M0. Sarah asks you what this means. Please describe what TNM indicates.

QUESTION 6 You suspect cholecystitis in your 72-year-old patient complaining of right-sided abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting that began after eating 3 days ago. Beside ultrasound, what other diagnostic tests could you order? Describe at least two tests.

QUESTION 7 You are prescribing Proscar for Alex, a 67-year-old male with BPH and significant urinary frequency and nocturia. What are some of the side effects that you would discuss with him? List at least two.

QUESTION 8 June is a 69-year-old being seen for her GYN exam. She still has her uterus and ovaries. What do you expect to find on bimanual examination?

QUESTION 9 Would you perform a pap smear on June, your 69-year-old patient? (She has had normal pap smears in the past.)

QUESTION 10Ben is your 85-year-old patient with mild BPH. Name at least two classes of medications that Ben should avoid that could make voiding with BPH more difficult.