Q1: In the cancer clinic where you work, you have to notify one of your patients that she needs to schedule an ultrasound because her routine mammogram showed several new areas of small calcifications. Her last mammogram was a year ago. She becomes very anxious upon hearing this news and wants to know what this means. Explain, in lay terms, why it is important to have further tests to confirm these calcifications and determine their cause.
After hearing your explanation, the patient becomes even more anxious and is worried that she has cancer. Keeping in mind the other possible causes of calcifications, how would you attempt to allay her fears while remaining realistic? What other assessments or diagnostic tests would help determine the cause of the calcifications?
APA citation with at least 1 scholarly source within 5 years. Q2:You are preparing to discharge a 43-year-old male patient who has received treatment for a fracture of the right tibia. You provide the patient with a prescriiption for a narcotic analgesic to be used as needed for pain, along with information about the medication. The patient states, “I don’t need the prescriiption. My cousin just had surgery and didn’t take all of his pain medicine. I can just use his. That will be cheaper for me, anyway, since I don’t have insurance.” Discuss the legal and therapeutic implications related to the patient taking narcotic analgesics that have been prescribed for another person. With these implications in mind, how should you respond to the patient? How should you respond to the patient’s concern about the cost of his medication? APA citation with at least 1 scholarly source within 5 years.