Answer to Question 1
ANS: C
A common benign condition of the breast is benign (fibrocystic) breast disease. This patient has symptoms of fibrocystic disease, which include bilateral lumpy, painful breasts sometimes accompanied by nipple discharge. Symptoms are more apparent during the menstrual period. When palpated, the cysts (lumps) are soft, well differentiated, and movable. Deep cysts feel hard. Although a common condition, benign breast disease is not normal; therefore, the nurse does not tell the patient that this is a normal finding. During examination of the nipples and areolae, the nipple sometimes becomes erect with wrinkling of the areola. Therefore, consulting a breast surgeon to treat her nipples and areolae is not appropriate.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: B
A small amount of thick, white smegma sometimes collects under the foreskin in the uncircumcised male. Penile pain or swelling, genital lesions, and urethral discharge are signs and symptoms that may indicate STI. All men 15 years and older need to perform a male-genital self-examination monthly. The nurse needs to assess a patient's sexual history and use of safe sex habits. Sexual history reveals risks for STI and HIV.
Critical thinking involves analysis in which the nurse examines patient data available from a variet
The tone of the nurse-patient introduction sets the stage for the patient interview and patient care
PET scan of the brain in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease.
Algorithm for assessing a patient at risk for self-directed violence.
Koplik spots in the mouth of a patient with measles.
Climate History