Question

Knowing that the condition of the new mother's breasts will be affected by whether she is breastfeeding, nurses should be able to tell their clients all of these statements except:

A. Breast tenderness is likely to persist for about a week after the start of lactation.
B. As lactation is established, a mass may form that can be distinguished from cancer by its position shift from day to day.
C. In nonlactating mothers, colostrum is present for the first few days after childbirth.
D. If suckling is never begun (or is discontinued), lactation ceases within a few days to a week.

Answer 1

Nurses should be able to tell their clients that all of these statements about the condition of the new mother's breasts are true except for statement C.

Step-by-step explanation:

Nurses should be able to tell their clients that all of these statements about the condition of the new mother's breasts are true except for statement C. In nonlactating mothers, colostrum is not present for the first few days after childbirth. Instead, colostrum is present in the breasts of lactating mothers.