The nurse would expect to observe which findings in a breastfeeding woman with mastitis?

Question

A) Dimpling of the skin, erythema, and inverted nipple
B) Red, scaly rash and warm, hard mass
C) Tenderness, warmth, and erythema
D) Tenderness, inverted nipple, and red, scaly rash

Answer 1

C) Tenderness, warmth, and erythema

Explanation: A) Clinical manifestations of mastitis include local tenderness, swelling, warmth, and erythema in one breast with a consistent or intermittent burning sensation during breastfeeding. Flulike symptoms of fever 101°F (38.3°C) or greater, chills, malaise, body aches, headache, and loss of appetite may also be experienced.
B) Clinical manifestations of mastitis include local tenderness, swelling, warmth, and erythema in one breast with a consistent or intermittent burning sensation during breastfeeding. Flulike symptoms of fever 101°F (38.3°C) or greater, chills, malaise, body aches, headache, and loss of appetite may also be experienced.
C) Clinical manifestations of mastitis include local tenderness, swelling, warmth, and erythema in one breast with a consistent or intermittent burning sensation during breastfeeding. Flulike symptoms of fever 101°F (38.3°C) or greater, chills, malaise, body aches, headache, and loss of appetite may also be experienced.
D) Clinical manifestations of mastitis include local tenderness, swelling, warmth, and erythema in one breast with a consistent or intermittent burning sensation during breastfeeding. Flulike symptoms of fever 101°F (38.3°C) or greater, chills, malaise, body aches, headache, and loss of appetite may also be experienced.