The nurse is teaching a group of women to perform breast self-examination. The nurse should explain that the purpose of performing the examination is to discover:
A) Cancerous lumps
B) Areas of thickness or fullness
C) Changes from previous self-examinations
D) Fibrocystic masses
Ans: C
Feedback: Women are instructed to examine themselves to discover changes that have occurred in the breast. Only a physician can diagnose lumps that are cancerous, areas of thickness or fullness that signal the presence of a malignancy, or masses that are fibrocystic as opposed to malignant.
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