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Breast Cancer NCLEX Style Questions with Correct Answers
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Breast Cancer NCLEX Style Questionswith Correct Answers
The nurse assesses a client with dimpling of the skin in the left upper outer
quadrant of the right breast and nipple discharge. Which question should the
nurse ask to learn if the client is experiencing other clinical manifestations of
breast cancer?
"Have you been experiencing any night sweats or low-grade fevers?"
"Does the skin in the left upper outer quadrant of the right breast feel warm
to touch?"
"Have you noticed any itching around the nipple or in the area affected by
dimpling?"
"Have you noticed a rash or skin irritation around the nipple area?" - -"Have
you noticed a rash or skin irritation around the nipple area?"
-A client with metastatic breast cancer asks where the cancer has spread.
Which site should the nurse include in the response? (Select all that apply.)
Bone
Liver
Brain
Lungs
Kidney - -Bone
Liver
Brain
Lungs
-A client is diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the breast. Based upon this
diagnosis, where should the nurse expect the source of the cancer to be?
Subcutaneous fat
Mammary layer fatty tissue
, Nipple epithelium
Terminal section of the breast ductal tissue - -Terminal section of the breast
ductal tissue
-A client with breast cancer receives diagnostic testing and scan results that
indicate a tumor that is 4.2 cm in size with evidence of metastasis to
movable ipsilateral axillary nodes only. According to the TNM staging
system, how should this client's breast cancer be staged?
T1 N0 MO
Tis N1 M0
T3 N2 M1
T2 N1 M0 - -T2 N1 M0
-The nurse evaluates teaching provided to a group of community members
on breast cancer awareness. Which statement indictates that teaching on
risk factors has been effective? (Select all that apply.)
"Not breastfeeding increases the risk of breast cancer."
"Having children after age 30 increases the risk of breast cancer."
"Having previous irradiation of the chest increases the risk of breast cancer."
"Experiencing menopause after age 50 increases the risk of breast cancer."
"Having a first- or second-degree relative with breast cancer increases the
risk of breast cancer."
"Having harmful mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 suppression increases the
risk of breast cancer." - -"Not breastfeeding increases the risk of breast
cancer."
"Having children after age 30 increases the risk of breast cancer."
"Having previous irradiation of the chest increases the risk of breast cancer."
"Having harmful mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 suppression increases the
risk of breast cancer."
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