The nurse has just completed a lymph node assessment on a 60-year-old healthy female patient. The nurse knows that most lymph nodes in healthy adults are normally:
a. Shotty.
b. Nonpalpable.
c. Large, firm, and fixed to the tissue.
d. Rubbery, discrete, and mobile.
ANS: B
Most lymph nodes are nonpalpable in adults. The palpability of lymph nodes decreases with age. Normal nodes feel movable, discrete, soft, and nontender.
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