2. Section 3 Nursing Care Global Thinking

3.  Prevention- broken into two categories  Primary  Secondary  What is the difference between Primary and Secondary Prevention?

4.  Primary Prevention-measures taken to avoid development of disease ex: not smoking  Examples: healthy diet, sunscreen use, HPV vaccines  Removal of at risk tissue-ex: moles, polyps  Chemoprevention- agents under investigation

6.  Secondary Prevention-aimed at early disease detection ex: screening exams Examples include: mammogram, prostate exams, colonoscopies, PSA test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y- GmNmPeqHQ&feature=related

7. A 60-year-old male patient asks you “I don’t understand what I can do to minimize my risk of getting cancer.” Discuss 5 educational tips that you can provide to your patient regarding cancer minimization. Provide supporting data on why you chose those tips.

8.  New Therapies/ Research  Clinical Trials:  http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/ETO_6.a sp?from=fast http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/ETO_6.a sp?from=fast

9.  New data released regarding mammograms over the age of 50.  http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsbrca.h tm http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsbrca.h tm  Your thoughts??

10.  Center for Disease Control ( CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/prevention/s creening.htm http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/prevention/s creening.htm  What is the U.S Preventive Services Task Force?  What recommendations are available for the Child/Pediatric Population regarding Alterations in Cellular Metabolism ?

11.  National Cancer Institute  Healthy People 2010  http://www.healthypeople.gov/LHI/lhiwhat.h tm http://www.healthypeople.gov/LHI/lhiwhat.h tm  http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/browse.asp x http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/browse.asp x  IOM : To Err is Human, Crossing the Quality Chasm