Hesi Breast Cancer Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Which nursing explanation best promotes effective communication? - ANSWER✔✔-
Select a day that is easy to remember to perform BSE consistently every month.
Whatever day is best for the client will improve compliance and be easiest for her to
remember. Suggesting the first day of the month is one easy approach.
The client demonstrates BSE technique for the nurse using a practice model. She uses
her fingerpads and states that when lying down, her arm should be relaxed at her side.
What instructions should the nurse provide? - ANSWER✔✔-Demonstrate how arm
should be positioned behind or over the head.
Placing the arm over the head when lying down helps spread the breast tissue over the
chest wall, making palpation more effective. The client did correctly use her fingerpads,
which are more sensitive than the fingertips.
Another client in the class said she had heard that there is a genetic test that would
diagnose breast cancer. What is the best response by the nurse? - ANSWER✔✔-A
positive test for the BRCA1 mutation identifies an increased risk for breast cancer.
, A positive BRCA1 gene mutation test indicates an increased risk for breast cancer.
Screenings procedures should be emphasized.
Which nursing intervention best promotes effective communication? - ANSWER✔✔-
Teach the client's family that even women with no identified risk factors are at risk.
The single most important risk factor for breast cancer is being an older female.
Teaching the client's family about the need for routine BSE and mammograms is the
nurse's highest priority, so the client will be able to make an informed decision about
screening.
The client's family member states that she will schedule a mammogram and she asks
the nurse if it will be painful. How should the nurse respond? - ANSWER✔✔-Show the
cleint's family what most women say causes the discomfort during a mammogram.
The positioning of the breast may be painful or uncomfortable during the procedure.
Which nursing intervention best promotes effective communication? - ANSWER✔✔-
Tell the client feelings of disbelief is understandable.
This response acknowledges the overwhelming situation the client is facing, yet does
not encourage her denial. It is open-ended, leaving the client the opportunity to further
share her feelings.
The client goes on to say, that she can control this with exercising and a change in her
eating habits. Which nursing intervention best promotes effective communication in
Questions and Answers
Which nursing explanation best promotes effective communication? - ANSWER✔✔-
Select a day that is easy to remember to perform BSE consistently every month.
Whatever day is best for the client will improve compliance and be easiest for her to
remember. Suggesting the first day of the month is one easy approach.
The client demonstrates BSE technique for the nurse using a practice model. She uses
her fingerpads and states that when lying down, her arm should be relaxed at her side.
What instructions should the nurse provide? - ANSWER✔✔-Demonstrate how arm
should be positioned behind or over the head.
Placing the arm over the head when lying down helps spread the breast tissue over the
chest wall, making palpation more effective. The client did correctly use her fingerpads,
which are more sensitive than the fingertips.
Another client in the class said she had heard that there is a genetic test that would
diagnose breast cancer. What is the best response by the nurse? - ANSWER✔✔-A
positive test for the BRCA1 mutation identifies an increased risk for breast cancer.
, A positive BRCA1 gene mutation test indicates an increased risk for breast cancer.
Screenings procedures should be emphasized.
Which nursing intervention best promotes effective communication? - ANSWER✔✔-
Teach the client's family that even women with no identified risk factors are at risk.
The single most important risk factor for breast cancer is being an older female.
Teaching the client's family about the need for routine BSE and mammograms is the
nurse's highest priority, so the client will be able to make an informed decision about
screening.
The client's family member states that she will schedule a mammogram and she asks
the nurse if it will be painful. How should the nurse respond? - ANSWER✔✔-Show the
cleint's family what most women say causes the discomfort during a mammogram.
The positioning of the breast may be painful or uncomfortable during the procedure.
Which nursing intervention best promotes effective communication? - ANSWER✔✔-
Tell the client feelings of disbelief is understandable.
This response acknowledges the overwhelming situation the client is facing, yet does
not encourage her denial. It is open-ended, leaving the client the opportunity to further
share her feelings.
The client goes on to say, that she can control this with exercising and a change in her
eating habits. Which nursing intervention best promotes effective communication in
