The Nurse Has Just Completed a Lymph Node Assessment on a 60-Year-Old

question 15

Multiple Choice

The nurse has just completed a lymph node assessment on a 60-year-old healthy female patient. When palpating the nodes on this healthy 60-year-old adult, how did the lymph nodes feel?

• A) Fixed
• B) Nonpalpable
• C) Rubbery, discrete, and mobile
• D) Large, firm, and fixed to the tissue

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