RN Exam Practice
Health Promotion and MaintenanceQuestion 815 of 2368

A client at average risk has a normal colonoscopy at age 50. When should the nurse teach that the next colonoscopy is due?

  1. In ten years
  2. In one year
  3. In two years
  4. In five years
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Correct answer: In ten years

For adults aged 45 to 75 at average risk, colonoscopy screening is performed every ten years.

Source: Nursing Health Promotion (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2025), Healthy Lifestyle: Colorectal Cancer. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026