NR 503 Week 2 Part 1

NR 503 Week 2 Part 1

Shelby is a 32-year-old mother of two, who has smoked 1 pack-per-day for the last 15 years, and who comes to see you today for her yearly well-woman exam in your family practice clinic.  She has a family history, in a single paternal grandmother of breast cancer at age 52.  She also has a history of an abnormal cervical cancer screening three years ago requiring colposcopy. 

Given her history please consider the following:

Choose one screening test that might be considered either now or in the next few years of Shelby’s care.  Define the test, its positive predictive value, reliability and validity