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| example of contact transmission - INDIRECT |
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| RSV, MRSA, c-diff, scabies, lice, VRE |
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| contained within the uterine wall in the myometrium, most common |
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| protrude into the cavity of the uterus and can cause bleeding and disrupt pregnancy |
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| protrude through the outer surface of the uterine wall and may extend to the broad ligament, pressing other organs |
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| is an area of endometriosis on and ovary |
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| describe the lumps of fibrocystic breast condition |
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| rubbery, ill defined, and commonly found in the upper outer quadrant of the breast |
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| how do leiomyomas develop? |
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| from excessive local growth of smooth muscle cells |
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| most common symptom of endometrial uterine cancer |
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| breast, prostate, ovarian |
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| leukemia, gonadal carcinoma, menigioma, colerectal |
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| 3 factors that influence cancer development |
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| exposure to carcinogens, genetic predisposition, immune factors |
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| the description of cancer cells by chromosome number and appearance |
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| the percentage of actively dividing cells in a tumor |
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| smallest detectable tumor |
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1 cm in dm & has 1 billion cells (takes at least 30 doublings) |
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| lose the specific appearance of their parent cells |
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| removing part of the cancer "debulking" |
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| the most important nursing intervention for extravasation |
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| the amount delivered to a tissue |
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| amount absorbed by a tissue |
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| 3 factors that determine absorbed does |
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| intensity and duration of exposure, and closeness of radiation source to the cells |
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| most sensitive normal tissue to exposed radiation |
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| hair, skin, GI, sperm, and ova, bone marrow, and mucous membranes |
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produced & released by certain bacteria into the surrounding environment ; botulism, tetanus, diphtheria & e-coli 0157: H7
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produced in the cell walls of certain bacteria & released only with cell lysis; typhoid, meningococcal disease |
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§ short duration; Transplacental transfer from mother/artificial by injection of antibodies (i.e. immune globulin)
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lasts for years; Natural by infection or artificial by stimulation of the body’s immune defenses (vaccination) |
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| influenza, mumps, pertussis, meningitis |
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| shift to the left "left shift" |
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| increased immature neutrophils |
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| most malignant of all breast cancers |
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| inflammatory breast cancer, "orange peel" |
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| endocrine disturbances and DUB |
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| type II diabetes and thyroid disease |
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| toxic shock syndrome is from what culprit |
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| continuous bladder irrigation |
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Three-way urinary catheter with a 30- to 45-mL retention balloon through the urethra into the bladder
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| first symptoms related to prostate cancer |
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