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NUR 300 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
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NUR 300 Exam1. benign (fibrocystic) breast disease
Answer
-multiple cysts and nodules
-bilateral
-women 30-55
-decreases after menopause and may change during menstrual cycle
-may or may not be painful
-causes heaviness of breast
-well demarcated
-firm/mobile/compressible cysts
2. Fibroadenoma
Answer
-solitary non-tender mass
-unilateral
-women 15-30
-may have a rapid increase in size
-no skin retraction
-diagnosed by ultrasound or biopsy
-well demarcated
-mobile/firm
-no lymph adenopathy (meaning lymph nodes will not be affected)
3. breast cancer
Answer
-highest incidence in women >50
-irregular
-unilateral mass
-non-tender mass/lump
-firm
,-fixed
-may be star shaped
-poorly delineated mass
-most common in upper outer quadrant
-may have dimpling
-nipple retraction
-lymph adenopathy (lymph nodes may be affected/enlarged >1 cm)
-breasts do not move up when hands go over the head
4. Mastitis
Answer
-erythematous area of induration extending from the areolar to the upper and lower quadrants
-treatment=
-rest
-local heat
-frequent nursing
-antibiotic as prescribed
5. Mastitis may result in
Answer
breast abscess due to the plugged ducts
6. nursing care
Answer
mastitis
-administer antibiotics as prescribed
-warm compress
-teach pt
-rest
-frequent nursing
-if the women stops nursing the breast will become engorges and pain will increase
, 7. subjective findings
Answer
mastitis and breast abscess
headache malaise
chills sweating pain
8. objective findings
Answer
mastitis
fever erythematous
swollen tender
hot to touch tachycardia
9. objective findings
Answer
breast abscess
erythematous indurated
tender
nipple edema pointing (abscess)
10. incidence for breast cancer in men
Answer
<1%
11. risk factors for breast cancer (>4)
Answer
- BRCA1 and BRCA2
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