Exam 52: Nursing Management: Breast Disorders

Which of these nursing interventions for the patient who has had right-sided breast-conservation surgery and an axillary lymph node dissection is appropriate to assign to an LPN/LVN?

When teaching a 22-year-old patient about breast self-examination (BSE), the nurse will instruct the patient that

Following a modified radical mastectomy, a patient tells the nurse the health care provider has recommended a flap procedure for breast reconstruction but that she did not understand how this was done. The nurse explains that the most common procedure, a transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap, involves

A 62-year-old patient complains to the nurse that mammograms are painful and a source of radiation exposure. She says she does breast self-examination (BSE) monthly and asks whether it is necessary to have an annual mammogram. The nurse's best response to the patient is,