Mrs. Dee is a 40-year-old woman who presented with left breast tenderness and nodularity prior to menstruation. She was diagnosed with malignant breast cancer. Her medical history and physical exam revealed several risk factors for breast cancer including her gender, age, and hormonal factors. She underwent diagnostic testing including blood tests, mammography, breast ultrasound, and biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. Her treatment plan involves surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy to address the cancer.
Mrs. Dee is a 40-year-old woman who presented with left breast tenderness and nodularity prior to menstruation. She was diagnosed with malignant breast cancer. Her medical history and physical exam revealed several risk factors for breast cancer including her gender, age, and hormonal factors. She underwent diagnostic testing including blood tests, mammography, breast ultrasound, and biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. Her treatment plan involves surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy to address the cancer.
Mrs. Dee is a 40-year-old woman who presented with left breast tenderness and nodularity prior to menstruation. She was diagnosed with malignant breast cancer. Her medical history and physical exam revealed several risk factors for breast cancer including her gender, age, and hormonal factors. She underwent diagnostic testing including blood tests, mammography, breast ultrasound, and biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. Her treatment plan involves surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy to address the cancer.
Mrs. Dee is a 40-year-old woman who presented with left breast tenderness and nodularity prior to menstruation. She was diagnosed with malignant breast cancer. Her medical history and physical exam revealed several risk factors for breast cancer including her gender, age, and hormonal factors. She underwent diagnostic testing including blood tests, mammography, breast ultrasound, and biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. Her treatment plan involves surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy to address the cancer.
Age: 40 years old Chief Complaint: Breast Tenderness and Nodularity prior to menstruation Medical Diagnosis: Malignant Breast Cancer
Signs and Symptoms: Risk Factors:
-Hard, painless lump or Subjective: Left shoulder -Female Gender swelling pain, breast tenderness, -Increasing age -Swelling under armpit Objective: BP: 130/100mmHg; PR: 90 bpm; -Personal history of breast cancer -breast immobile & fixed RR: 22 cpm; Temp: 37*C -Hormonal Factors -Dumpling of skin -Hx of benign proliferative breast -Paget's disease disease -Obesity -Alcohol Intake (beer, wine, liquor)
Diagnostic Test/Labs: Warning Signs:
Treatment & Medications: -Blood Tests -A lump or thickening in or near -Surgery the breast or in the underarm Nursing Diagnosis: -Mammography -Radiation Therapy that persists through the -Pain and discomfort related to Expected Outcomes: -Breast Ultrasonography menstrual cycle. -Chemotheraphy surgical procedure -Client will be able to accept, -Breast Magnetic Resonance and fully understand the body -Grieving related to loss of Imaging -Hormonal Theraphy breast and change to changes and its reason. -Breast Biopsy -Tamoxifen or anastrozole appearance as evidence by -Client will be able to report -Chest X-Ray patient getting conscious about minimal to no pain. her body appearance -