When performing a clinical breast examination on a client, the nurse palpates a thickened area where the skin folds under the breast. Which is the nurse's best action?
a. Proceed with the examination.
b. Determine whether the thickness is bila-teral.
c. Ask how long the thickness has been present.
d. Change the client's position and re-assess.
A
A thickened area where the skin folds under the breast is the inframammary ridge, a normal ana-tomic finding. Clients should be taught to identify this ridge and not confuse it with the presence of a lump or abnormal tissue thickening. Because this is a normal finding, no concern is necessary about whether it is present bilaterally or occurs in a different position, or how long the finding has been notable.
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