Cancer and Oncology Q 108

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Nurse Mary is instructing a premenopausal woman about breast self-examination. The nurse should tell the client to do her self-examination:

  

    A. On the 1st day of the menstrual cycle

    B. On the same day each month

    C. Immediately after her menstrual period

    D. At the end of her menstrual cycle

    

    

Correct Answer: C. Immediately after her menstrual period

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Option C: Premenopausal women should do their self-examination immediately after the menstrual period, when the breasts are least tender and least lumpy.

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Options A and D: On the 1st and last days of the cycle, the woman’s breasts are still very tender.

Option B: Postmenopausal women because their bodies lack fluctuation of hormone levels, should select one particular day of the month to do breast self-examination.

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