A Patient Says That She Has Recently Noticed a Lump

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient says that she has recently noticed a lump in the front of her neck below her "Adam's apple" that seems to be getting bigger.During the assessment,the finding that reassures the nurse that this may not be a cancerous thyroid nodule is that the lump (nodule) :

• A)is tender.
• B)is mobile and not hard.
• C)disappears when the patient smiles.
• D)is hard and fixed to the surrounding structures.