Patient Profile: A 48-year-old female patient is scheduled for an incisional biopsy to evaluate a lump in her left breast. You are the nurse in the ambulatory care center where the procedure will take place.

  1. How ill you describe the surgery to the patient when she arrives at the clinic?
  2. If the biopsy is malignant, list three nursing diagnoses for this patient.
  3. How could breast cancer treatment effect sex and intimacy for the patient?
  4. What steps would you take when helping the patient decide what treatment to undergo for breast cancer?
  5. How would you describe a modified radical mastectomy to the patient? Get Health and Medical Help Today
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