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During a breast health interview, a patient states that she has noticed pain in her left breast. The nurse's most appropriate response to this would be:
 
  a. Don't worry about the pain; breast cancer is not painful.
  b. I would like some more information about the pain in your left breast.
  c. Oh, I had pain like that after my son was born; it turned out to be a blocked milk duct.
  d. Breast pain is almost always the result of benign breast disease.

Question 2

During a health history interview, a female patient states that she has noticed a few drops of clear discharge from her right nipple. What should the nurse do next?
 
  a. Immediately contact the physician to report the discharge.
  b. Ask her if she is possibly pregnant.
  c. Ask the patient some additional questions about the medications she is taking.
  d. Immediately obtain a sample for culture and sensitivity testing.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Breast pain occurs with trauma, inflammation, infection, or benign breast disease. The nurse will need to gather more information about the patient's pain rather than make statements that ignore the patient's concerns.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The use of some medications, such as oral contraceptives, phenothiazines, diuretics, digitalis, steroids, methyldopa, and calcium channel blockers, may cause clear nipple discharge. Bloody or blood-tinged discharge from the nipple, not clear, is significant, especially if a lump is also present. In the pregnant female, colostrum would be a thick, yellowish liquid, and it would be normally expressed after the fourth month of pregnancy.





 

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