Reflection Questions
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Describe how the nurse can support a patient who presents with a well-defined hard lump of the breast, along with nipple inversion, peau d’orange appearance of the skin, and ulceration and fistula.
2
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How would you respond to a 40-year-old patient who is at average risk for breast cancer and who asks whether she can wait to have a mammogram until she is 45?
3
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How would you describe the diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer to a patient who believed they had a rash on the breast?