Check Your Understanding Questions

1.

Which teaching point would the nurse include when working with a patient newly diagnosed with fibrocystic breast changes?

2.

What possible treatment options would the nurse discuss when counseling a patient who presents to the emergency department with suspected nonlactational mastitis?

3.

Describe what information the nurse would include when a patient asks when they can have breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy.

4.

Describe how you would respond when a patient asks if they will be able to get pregnant after completing breast cancer treatment.