A nurse is caring for a patient whose skin cancer will soon be removed by excision. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform?

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Because many skin cancers are removed by excision, patients are usually treated in outpatient surgical units. The role of the nurse is to teach the patient about prevention of skin cancer and about self-care after treatment. Assessing the patients risk for recurrent malignancy is primarily the role of the physician. Blistering diseases do not result from cancer or subsequent excision. Excision is not accompanied by radiotherapy.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Whose Skin Cancer