Which of these clinical situations would the nurse be concerned about and consider to be outside normal findings?
A) A patient has had one pregnancy and states that she believes she may be entering menopause.Her breast examination reveals breasts that are soft and slightly sagging.
B) A patient has never been pregnant.Her breast examination reveals large pendulous breasts that have a firm, transverse ridge along the lower quadrant in both breasts.
C) A patient has never been pregnant and reports that she should begin her period tomorrow.Her breast examination reveals breast tissue that is nodular and somewhat engorged.She states that the examination was slightly painful.
D) A patient has had two pregnancies, and she breastfed both of her children.Her youngest child is now 10 years old.Her breast examination reveals breast tissue that is somewhat soft, and she has a small amount of thick yellow discharge from both nipples.
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