Question: 10- You Are A Nurse At A Local Health Department Where Rob Jones, A 46-year-old African American, Comes For A Routine Blood Pressure Check. He Mentions That His Father Recently Died Of Prostate Cancer And That He Is Worried About Himself. Further Assessment Reveals That His Father Was Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer When He Was 52 Years Old And That …

10- You are a nurse at a local health department where Rob Jones, a 46-year-old African American, comes for a routine blood pressure check. He mentions that his father recently died of prostate cancer and that he is worried about himself. Further assessment reveals that his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he was 52 years old and that Mr. Jones’s uncle, who is 56, was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. You know from Mr. Jones’s health history that he smokes a pack of cigarettes per day and eats fried food frequently. Which action would be your best choice? A. Give Mr. Jones a digital rectal examination and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test immediately to screen for prostate cancer. B. Do not discuss or provide prostate cancer screening with him, because he is younger than 50 years. C. Advise Mr. Jones to be tested immediately for the prostate cancer gene, because of his family history. D. Inform him of the risks and benefits of prostate cancer testing and of his increased personal risk for prostate cancer because of his family history, smoking, and dietary habits. Involve him in the decision-making process about prostate cancer screening.