1. A male client has an abnormal result on a Papanicolaou test. After admitting, he read his chart while the nurse was out of the room, the client asks what dysplasia means. Which definition should the nurse provide?

a. Presence of completely undifferentiated tumor cells that don't resemble cells of the tissues of their origin
b. Increase in the number of normal cells in a normal arrangement in a tissue or an organ
c. Replacement of one type of fully differentiated cell by another in tissues where the second type normally isn't found
d. Alteration in the size, shape, and organization of differentiated cells

Alteration in the size, shape, and organization of differentiated cellsD

Explanation:

Dysplasia is a term that refers to the abnormal development of cells causing the surrounding  tissues or organs to also have abnormal development leading to  changes in cell growth which results in the alteration in the  size, shape or arrangements of the cells which can serve as an indication to other conditions that involve enlarged tissue, or organ  or sometimes, pre-cancerous cells.

Dysplasia can occur in any part of the body presenting symptoms  which vary   depending on the site affected  such as  Bleeding , Pain , Redness . Flaking  etc