Chapter 51 Breast Disorders: 10 Edition
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Chapter 51: Breast Disorders
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Question: The nurse teaching a young womens community service group about breast self-examination (BSE) will include that
- Question: During a well woman physical exam, a 43-year-old patient asks about her risk for breast cancer. Which question is most pertinent for the nurse to ask?
- Question: A 51-year-old patient with a small immobile breast lump is considering having a fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy. The nurse explains that an advantage to this procedure is that
- Question: Which assessment finding in a 36-year-old patient is most indicative of a need for further evaluation?
- Question: A 53-year-old woman at menopause is discussing the use of hormone therapy (HT) with the nurse. Which information about the risk of breast cancer will the nurse provide?
- Question: A 58-year-old woman tells the nurse, I understand that I have stage II breast cancer and I need to decide on a surgery, but I feel overwhelmed. What do you think I should do? Which response by the nurse is best?
- Question: The nurse will teach a patient with metastatic breast cancer who has a new prescription for trastuzumab (Herceptin) that
- Question: After a 48-year-old patient has had a modified radical mastectomy, the pathology report identifies the tumor as an estrogen-receptor positive adenocarcinoma. The nurse will plan to teach the patient about
- Question: Which nursing action should be included in the plan of care for a patient returning to the surgical unit following a left modified radical mastectomy with dissection of axillary lymph nodes?
- Question: The nurse provides discharge teaching for a 61-year-old patient who has had a left modified radical mastectomy and lymph node dissection. Which statement by the patient indicates that teaching has been successful?
- Question: A 33-year-old patient has a saline breast implant inserted in the outpatient surgery area. Which instruction will the nurse include in the discharge teaching?
- Question: The nurse is providing preoperative teaching about the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) procedure to a patient. Which information will the nurse include?
- Question: A patient newly diagnosed with stage I breast cancer is discussing treatment options with the nurse. Which statement by the patient indicates that additional teaching may be needed?
- Question: Which information will the nurse include in patient teaching for a 36-year-old patient who is scheduled for stereotactic core biopsy of the breast?
- Question: A student nurse prepares a list of teaching topics for a patient with a new diagnosis of breast cancer. Which item should the charge nurse suggest that the student nurse omit from the teaching topic list about breast cance diagnostic testing?
- Question: The nurse will anticipate teaching a 56-year-old patient who is diagnosed with lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) about
- Question: Which information should the nurse include in teaching a patient who is scheduled for external beam radiation to the breast?
- Question: Which patient statement indicates that the nurses teaching about tamoxifen (Nolvadex) has been effective?
- Question: The nurse is admitting a patient scheduled this morning for lumpectomy and axillary lymph node dissection. Which action should the nurse take first?
- Question: When the nurse is working in the womens health care clinic, which action is appropriate to take?
- Question: Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care for a patient with right arm lymphedema?
- Question: A 36-year-old who has a diagnosis of fibrocystic breast changes calls the nurse in the clinic with symptoms. Which is most important to report to the health care provider?
- Question: The nurse notes bilateral enlargement of the breasts during examination of a 62-year-old man. Which action should the nurse take first?
- Question: A patient has had left-sided lumpectomy (breast-conservation surgery) and an axillary lymph node dissection. Which nursing intervention is appropriate to delegate to a licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)?
- Question: The nurse is caring for a 52-year-old patient with breast cancer who is receiving chemotherapy with doxorubicin (Adriamycin) and cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan). Which assessment finding is most important to communicate to the health care provider?
- Question: A patient who is scheduled for a lumpectomy and axillary lymph node dissection tells the nurse, I would rather not know much about the surgery. Which response by the nurse is best?
- Question: The outpatient clinic receives telephone calls from four patients. Which patient should the nurse call back
- Question: When using the accompanying illustration to teach a patient about breast self-examination, the nurse will include the information that most breast cancers are located in which part of the breast?
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