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•    After a urinary catheter is removed, the client may have some burning on urination, frequency and dribbling. These symptoms should subside.
•    After a TUR (transurethral resection), tell the client that, because the three-way foley catheter has a large diameter, he will continuously feel the urge to void.
•    After prostatic surgery, it is normal for the client’s urine to be blood tinged and for him to pass blood clots and tissue debris.
•    Because the prostate gland receives a rich blood supply, it is important to observe the client undergoing a prostatectomy for bleeding and shock.
•    Breast cancer starts with the alteration of a single cell and takes a minimum of two years to become palpable.
•    At the time of diagnosis, about one-half of clients with breast cancer have regional or distant metastasis.