QOD 051: Adult Colon CA (Psychosocial integrity)

A 50-year-old client has arrived for a colonoscopy, and states she is worried that the gastroenterologist will find cancer. Which assessment finding would the nurse expect for a client who is in the early stages of colon cancer?

• Rectal bleeding
• Abdominal tenderness
• Nothing, because colon cancer is asymptomatic in the early stages
• Ascites