NURS664B Week 1 | Nursing in Health Care - Westcoast university

1. A 31-year-old G0 P0 female complains of mastalgia. She reports it is intermittent and sometimes she thinks she feels lumps in the outer quadrants of her breasts. She has no family or personal history of cancers, she menstruates regularly, is not pregnant, and uses condoms consistently for BCM and STI protection.

What additional information do you need from this patient? What information is most important in determining whether this is a potentially serious or benign issue? Describe the steps in assessment of mastalgia. Describe any recommendations you would provide for this patient. NURS664B Primary Care Women's Health Theory Week 4 Discussion Select one of the following case studies to address. In the subject line of your post, please identify which prompt you are responding to, for example, #2 a post-menopausal 57-year old woman. Discuss what questions you would ask the patient, what physical exam elements you would include, what further testing you would want to have performed, differential and working diagnosis, treatment plan, including inclusion of complementary and OTC therapy, referrals, and other team members needed to complete patient care. Use at least one scholarly source other than your textbook to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. Please refer to evidence-based guidelines to support your decision-making. In your peer replies, please reply to at least one peer who chose a different case study.