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Which of the following ANS: composed of fibrous, glandular, and adipose
statements is true tissue.
regarding the internal
structures of the breast?
The breast is:
,In performing a breast ANS: the location of most breast tumors.
examination, the nurse The upper outer quadrant is the site of most breast
knows that it is especially tumors. In the upper outer quadrant
important to examine the
upper outer quadrant of
the breast. The reason for
this is that the upper outer
quadrant is:
In performing an ANS: Central, lateral, pectoral, and subscapular
assessment of a woman's nodes
axillary lymph system, the
nurse should assess which
of these nodes?
If a patient reports a ANS: ipsilateral axillary.
recent breast infection,
then the nurse should
expect to find _____ node
enlargement.
A 9-year-old girl is in the ANS: "I understand that it is hard to feel different from
clinic for a sports physical. your friends. Breasts usually develop between 8 and
After some initial shyness 10 years of age."
she finally asks, "Am I Adolescent breast development usually begins
normal? between 8 and 10 years of age
A patient contacts the it is most likely normal breast development.
office and tells the nurse
that she is worried about
her 10-year-old daughter
having breast cancer.
What would be the nurse's
best response?
, ANS: she began to develop breasts
A 14-year-old girl is
anxious about not having
Full development from stage 2 to stage 5 takes an
reached menarche. The
average of 3 years, although the range is 1.5 to 6
age:
years.
A woman is in the family ANS: Tell her that, because of the changing hormones
planning clinic seeking during the monthly menstrual cycle, cyclic breast
birth control information. changes are common.
She states that her breasts
"change all month long"
A woman has just learned ANS: She can expect her areolae to become larger
that she is pregnant. What and darker in color.
are some things the nurse
should teach her about
her breasts?
The nurse is teaching a ANS: "You may notice a thick, yellow fluid expressed
pregnant woman about from your breasts as early as the fourth month of
breast milk. Which is pregnancy."
correct?
A 65-year-old patient ANS: After menopause, the glandular and fat tissue
remarks that she just can't atrophies, causing breast size and elasticity to
believe that her breasts diminish, resulting in breasts that sag.
sag so much.
In examining a 70-year- ANS: Explain that this condition may be the result of
old male patient, he has hormonal changes
bilateral gynecomastia.
nurse's best course of
action?
During an examination of ANS: Assess the girl's weight and body mass index
a 7-year-old girl, the nurse (BMI).
notices that the girl is
showing breast budding.