The nurse is preparing a community education program on preventive health care for women. What common screening test will the nurse plan on explaining to the women attending the program?
Explanation & Rationale
A. Breast examination by a health professional. While clinical breast exam may be part of care, it is not the primary population-level screening test used for early breast-cancer detection in most screening programs. B. Mammography. Mammography is the standard, common screening test for breast cancer (recommended by screening guidelines for eligible age groups) and is appropriate to teach about in a community preventive-health program. C. Breast self-examination. BSE can raise awareness of breast changes, but formal screening programs emphasize mammography; routine BSE is no longer universally recommended as a primary screening method. D. Breast biopsy. Biopsy is a diagnostic procedure performed after an abnormal screening/diagnostic finding, not a screening test.