Skin Cancer

Treat a Skin Cancer Patient Assignment:

Background:

You are working as a nurse (or medical technician) in an office that performs Mohs surgery.
Your patient is a female, Caucasian with green eyes and blonde hair. (The photograph on the previous page may help you imagine your patient).
She is under 40 years old and has basal cell carcinoma on the middle of her zygomatic (cheek) bone.
She grew up in a town near the beach, and she had frequent sunburns during childhood.
She is scheduled to have a Mohs surgery performed today in order to remove the basal cell carcinoma.
Your job is to greet her, prepare her for the surgery, and schedule a follow up for her stitches to be removed.

Part 1:Write a summary of what you would say to greet your patient, briefly describe the Mohs surgery, and then schedule a follow up (as outlined below). You can use your Medical Terminology (Wingerd, 2019) text as well as the references to the Skin Cancer Foundation (2016) listed in the background information for this assignment.

Use at least five medical terms found in your required readings from this module.

Part 2:Create a YouTube video of yourself interacting with the patient. Following the outline below, you can either read your summary from part one paying special attention to the pronunciations of medical terms. Otherwise, you can summarize what you wrote in part one using at least five medical terms from your required reading in this module.

Specifically, pay attention to your tone of voice, body language, and the clarity of your speech. If you have never worked in the medical field, then please do not panic.
- This is simply an exercise for you to practice using your medical terms in a practical way related to patient care.
Keep the length of your video to under 5 minutes

Checklist:

To complete this assignment, you should post a written description for part one in the text box.
Then, you should post a link to your YouTube video completing part two in the same text box.

Outline to Follow for Parts 1 and 2

A. Greet the patient

Say your name
Make him/her feel comfortable
Pay close attention to your body language and tone of voice
Make sure to smile

2. B. Briefly summarize what will occur during a Mohs surgery

Explain the purpose and goals of the surgery
Discuss what type of skin cancer is being removed

C. Provide a one or two sentence description of the explanation of the type of skin cancer (definition, characteristics, etc.)

Remember that you are talking to a patient who may or may not have as much medical knowledge as you so do not rush through the information

Explain who will be performing the surgery (the title of the surgeon; use your medical terminology)
Explain the main procedures and instruments that will be involved in a Mohs Surgery (use your medical terminology)
Explain how long the procedure may take
- Remind the patient what can influence the time length of the surgery, and using sensitive language, explain the risk of scarring
- Remind the patient of the importance of wound care and following discharge instructions in minimizing this risk

3.D. Schedule a follow up

Help the patient determine the best time to return in order to have stitches removed

Requirements: as directed above

WRITE MY PAPER

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