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Krystenmcinnis Krystenmcinnis
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A 78-year-old woman presents at the emergency department with complaints of shortness of breath. She has a history of radiation therapy for a lung mass 7 years ago.
 
  When the client asks the nurse if it could be cancer again, the most therapeutic response would be:
  1. At your age, shortness of breath could be a result of any number of things.
  2. That is a possibility but it could also be a result of your radiation therapy.
  3. What makes you think that? Shortness of breath can have many different caus-es.
  4. I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. Let's just see what your health care provider thinks.
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I appreciate what you did here, answered it right Smiling Face with Open Mouth
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Smart ... Thanks!
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this is exactly what I needed
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