In Order to Reduce the Amount in Lymphedema a Breast

question 72

True/False

In order to reduce the amount in lymphedema a breast cancer patient might experience,the patient should be instructed to wear compression bandages and to perform therapeutic exercises.

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Definitions:

Betty Neuman

A nursing theorist known for developing the Neuman Systems Model, focusing on the individual's relationship to stress, the reaction to it, and reconstitution factors that are dynamic in nature.

Hildegard Peplau

A pioneering nurse theorist who introduced the concept of nurse-patient relationships and interpersonal nursing.

NANDA

An organization (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) that develops, researches, disseminates, and refines the nomenclature of nursing diagnoses.

Nursing Diagnoses

Clinical judgments about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems or life processes.