Assessment of The Breast
Assessment of The Breast
Assessment of The Breast
THE BREAST ARE PAIRED MAMMARY GLANDS THAT LIE OVER THE MUSCLES OF THE
ANTERIOR CHEST WALL, ANTERIOR PECTORALIS MAJOR AND SERRATUS
ANTERIOR MUSCLES.
THE MAMMARY GLANDS ARE BOTH PRESENT IN BOTH SEXES, BUT THEY NORMALLY
FUNCTION ONLY IN FEMALES.
THE BIOLOGICAL ROLE OF THE MAMMARY GLANDS IS TO PRODUCE MILK TO
NOURISH A NEWBORN BABY.
THE MALE AND FEMALE BREAST ARE SIMILAR UNTIL PUBERTY, WHEN FEMALE
BREAST TISSUE ENLARGES IN RESPONSE TO HORMONES, ESPECIALLY ESTROGENS.
AREOLA IS THE PIGMENTED AREA OF THE
BREAST IT SURROUNDS THE PROTRUDING
NIPPLE.
NIPPLE CONTAINS THE TINY OPENING OF
THE LACTIFEROUS DUCTS.
LACTIFEROUS DUCTS PASSAGEWAY OF
THE MILK
EACH MAMMARY GLANDS CONSISTS OF
15 TO 25 LOBES WHICH RADIATES
AROUND THE NIPPLE.
WITHIN EACH LOBE ARE SMALLER
CHAMBER CALLED THE LOBULES WHICH
CONTAINS THE ALVEOLAR GLANDS THAT
PRODUCE MILK.
THE BREAST OF MEN
AND WOMEN NEED TO
BE INSPECTED AND
PALPATED.
FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE BREAST,
THE BREAST IS DIVIDED INTO 4
QUADRANTS BY DRAWING
HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
IMAGINARY LINES THAT INTERSECT
AT THE NIPPLE.
IN FEMALES, THE LARGEST PORTION
OF THE GLANDULAR BREAST TISSUE
IS LOCATED AT THE UPPER OUTER
QUADRANT OF EACH BREAST.
THE MAJORITY OF THE BREAST
TUMORS ARE LOCATED IN THE UOBQ
INCLUDING THE TAIL OF THE SPENCE.
ASSESSMENT OF THE BREAST
PLANNING
SHOULD NOT BE DELEGATED
ASSEMBLE EQUIPMENT:
CENTIMETER RULER
SMALL PILLOW
GLOVES AND SLIDE FOR SPECIMEN IF DISCHARGE IS PRESENT
IMPLEMENTATION ( ASSESSMENT
TECHNIQUE)
1. INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND 4. INQUIRE IF THE CLIENT HAS ANY HISTORY OF THE
FOLLOWING:
VERIFY THE CLIENTS IDENTITY. BREAST MASSES, AND WHAT WAS DONE ABOUT
THEM
EXPLAIN TO THE CLIENT WHAT ANY PAIN OR TENDERNESS IN THE BREASTS AND
RELATION TO THE WOMANS MENSTRUAL CYCLE
YOU ARE GOING TO DO, WHY IT ANY DISCHARGE FROM THE NIPPLE
MEDICATION HISTORY
IS NECESSARY, AND HOW SHE ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY
MOTHER, SISTER, AUNT WITH BREAST CANCER
CAN COOPERATE. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION