The nurse instructing a patient on breast self-examination explains to the patient that the best time of the month to perform a breast self-examination is:
1. before the menstrual period.
2. during the menstrual period.
3. after the menstrual period.
4. on the first day of the month.
3
Breast self-examination should be done at the same time each month, at the end of the men-strual cycle.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1038
OBJ: 2 TOP: Breast Self-Examination
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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