PSY 402 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Morphine, Palpation, Analgesic

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 402
• Professor: Alba Agostino

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Mr. bill jones is 50 years old with a family history of colon cancer. He presents to this clinical for his annual physical. The primary health care provider prescribes a screening colonoscopy (the examination is used to identify sites of bleeding, inflammation, tissue irregularity, or abnormality, including polyps and tumor. ) It"s a recommended routine screening for colon cancer. cancer society recommends a colonoscopy every ten years starting at age 50 for everyone at avg. risk to screen for colorectal cancer. Some individuals may require earlier or more frequent screenings depending on their personal risk factors: health promotion. The nurse can teach people to begin routine health screening for colorectal cancer. After age 50, the healthy individual is at increased risk to develop colon cancer, and that risk increases with each succeeding decade of life. Colonoscopy is one of the available methods to detect colon abnormalities.