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Rasmussen MDC III - Exam 1 2026
|Comprehensive Q&A For Certification
Success
Phosphorus (>4.5)
Potassium (> 5.0)
Magnesium (> 2.5)
Calcium (>10.5)
Creatinine (> 1.2)
BUN (> 20)
Liver enzymes - correct-answer -Blood levels that might be elevated if prostate CA
has metastasized to the bone
(SATA?)
▪ PSA
▪ age 40 (risk), 50 (non risk) + prostate exam - correct-answer -What do we use to
screen prostate CA? And when should this start?
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▪ often asymptomatic - if you're not getting screened you won't know!
late: hematuria, bone pain, scrotal edema - correct-answer -S/S: *Prostate
Cancer*
▪ sperm banking
▪ self checking - correct-answer -Patient Education: *Testicular Cancer*
*Non-modifiable*
▪ Increased age - primary risk factor for both men and women
▪ **Genetics (mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2)**
▪ Family history
▪ Late menopause
▪ Early menarche
*Modifiable*
▪ Lack of exercise
▪ Diet
▪ Alcohol consumption
▪ Obesity
▪ Lack of breastfeeding
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▪ Breast implants
▪ Smoking
▪ Medications such as birth control and hormone therapy
▪ **No pregnancies (nulliparity)** - correct-answer -Risk Factors: *Breast CA*
mammogram -> breast biopsy - correct-answer -If a patient comes in and found a
breast lump, what is the process after that?
self-examination
mammograms - start at age 45 - correct-answer -Screening: *Breast CA*
total hysterectomy - correct-answer -Treatment: *Endometrial (Uterine) CA*
▪ respiratory depression
▪ check drains
▪ pain management
▪ DVT/PE - given heparin/lovenox
▪ infection
▪ **bleeding**
Rasmussen MDC III - Exam 1 2026
|Comprehensive Q&A For Certification
Success
Phosphorus (>4.5)
Potassium (> 5.0)
Magnesium (> 2.5)
Calcium (>10.5)
Creatinine (> 1.2)
BUN (> 20)
Liver enzymes - correct-answer -Blood levels that might be elevated if prostate CA
has metastasized to the bone
(SATA?)
▪ PSA
▪ age 40 (risk), 50 (non risk) + prostate exam - correct-answer -What do we use to
screen prostate CA? And when should this start?
,2|Page
▪ often asymptomatic - if you're not getting screened you won't know!
late: hematuria, bone pain, scrotal edema - correct-answer -S/S: *Prostate
Cancer*
▪ sperm banking
▪ self checking - correct-answer -Patient Education: *Testicular Cancer*
*Non-modifiable*
▪ Increased age - primary risk factor for both men and women
▪ **Genetics (mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2)**
▪ Family history
▪ Late menopause
▪ Early menarche
*Modifiable*
▪ Lack of exercise
▪ Diet
▪ Alcohol consumption
▪ Obesity
▪ Lack of breastfeeding
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▪ Breast implants
▪ Smoking
▪ Medications such as birth control and hormone therapy
▪ **No pregnancies (nulliparity)** - correct-answer -Risk Factors: *Breast CA*
mammogram -> breast biopsy - correct-answer -If a patient comes in and found a
breast lump, what is the process after that?
self-examination
mammograms - start at age 45 - correct-answer -Screening: *Breast CA*
total hysterectomy - correct-answer -Treatment: *Endometrial (Uterine) CA*
▪ respiratory depression
▪ check drains
▪ pain management
▪ DVT/PE - given heparin/lovenox
▪ infection
▪ **bleeding**
