With the patient in a sitting position and using the palmar surfaces of the fingers of the dominant hand,you should palpate the breast tissue

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In order to palpate the breasts,the nurse would use the palmar surfaces of the fingers of the dominant hand and palpate in a downward fashion.Begin at the outer quadrant,moving to the sternal border of each breast.In a small-breasted patient,the dominant hand can palpate the tissue against the chest wall.If the breasts are pendulous,a bimanual technique of palpation should be used.There are three methods for palpation of the breasts.The nurse should palpate from the periphery to the nipple,in either concentric circles,in wedge sections,or parallel lines.

With the Patient in a Sitting Position and Using the Palmar