NURS 6550N FINAL EXAM-STUDY GUIDE

NURS 6550N FINAL EXAM-STUDY GUIDE

GENITOURINARY,GYNECOLOGIC,RENAL AND ACID/BASE CONDITIONS

o Carcinoma of the Cervix

Increased risk in women who smoke and those with HIV or high-risk HPV types.

Considered a sexually transmitted disease as both squamous cell and adenocarcinoma of the cervix are secondary to infection with HPV; squamous cell accounts for 80 percent of cervical cancers, 15 % adenocarcinoma, and 3-5 % neuroendocrine.

Prevention through vaccination- recombinant 4 or 9-valent HPV vaccination which target HPV types that pose the greatest risk.

Prognosis- overall 5- year relative survival rate is 68 % for white women and 55 % in black women- survival rates are inversely proportionate to the stage of cancer.

Signs/Symptoms-