The nurse is providing shift report related to a client newly received back to the unit from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU)
The nurse is stating that the client had breast tissue removed with 7 of 14 lymph nodes, the lining of the chest muscles and pectoralis minor muscle removed. The oncoming nurse documents which procedure completed? A) A segmental mastectomy
B) A total mastectomy
C) A modified radical mastectomy
D) A radical mastectomy
C
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A modified radical mastectomy is a procedure in which the breast, some lymph nodes, the lining over the chest muscles, and the pectoralis minor muscle is removed. A segmental mastectomy is where the tumor and some breast tissue and lymph nodes are removed. A total mastectomy includes only breast tissue. A radical mastectomy includes the breast axillary lymph nodes, and pectoralis major and minor muscles are removed. Sternal lymph nodes may also be removed with this procedure.
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