When the nurse is working in the women's health care clinic, which action is appropriate to take?
a. Teach a healthy 30-year-old about the need for an annual mammogram.
b. Discuss scheduling an annual clinical breast examination with a 22-year-old.
c. Explain to a 60-year-old that mammography frequency can be reduced to every 3 years.
d. Teach a 28-year-old with a BRCA-1 mutation about magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
ANS: D
MRI (in addition to mammography) is recommended for women who are at high risk for breast cancer. A young woman should have a clinical breast exam every 3 years. Annual mammograms are recommended for women over 50.
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