CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS:

THE PATIENT WITH GASTRIC CANCER (50 pts)

You are caring for a 61-year-old woman who was admitted for weight loss, decreased appetite,
early satiety, and indigestion. Gastric cancer is the probable diagnosis.

1.​ ​What questions should you ask this patient?

2.​ ​What diagnostic studies and treatment plan would you anticipate for this patient?

3.​ ​What nursing diagnoses, including knowledge deficit, would you anticipate for this patient

THE PATIENT WITH COLON CANCER (50pts)

​ patient with colon cancer had undergone surgery yesterday. After 6 hours post-op, the
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patient is transferred to the ward, you being a ward nurse will now take care of the client:

1.​ ​What is your independent nursing action to your post-op patient?

2.​ ​What are your health teachings to the patient with colostomy?

3.​ ​What are your health teachings to the family of the patient with colostomy?

4.​ ​What are your nursing diagnoses to the case?