Exam 12: Care of the Patient With a Reproductive Disorder

A patient, age 36, is scheduled for a unilateral orchiectomy for treatment of testicular cancer. He is withdrawn and does not initiate interaction with the nurse. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

The recommended age for a baseline mammogram is between

The nurse is assisting the physician in removing a small sample of tissue from the patient's cervix to have it evaluated. This procedure is called a cervical _______________.

_____________ are benign tumors of the uterus.

The nurse provides discharge teaching for a patient regarding her activity level as she recovers from her modified radical mastectomy. Which statement by her indicates to the nurse that the teaching has been successful?

A ___________ is performed to evaluate living tissue in order to establish or confirm a diagnosis or to follow the course of a disease.

An appropriate nursing intervention for the patient with a hydrocele is to

A patient, age 23, seeks care at the health clinic because he has developed a profuse, purulent urethral discharge, and urination is painful. During assessment of the patient, it is most important that the nurse gather information related to

If severe or chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is present, the complication that may result is

What factor influences older women's reluctance to seek medical care for problems of the reproductive system?

A mammogram is the most useful method of diagnosing breast cancer because it

The discharge instructions should include arm exercises for which postoperative patient?

Female infertility is most often related to

A patient tells the nurse that his wife, who has been diagnosed with inoperable ovarian cancer, is talking about dying and fear of death. He asks the nurse for suggestions that will be of assistance to his wife. Which response by the nurse would be most helpful?

A Gram-stain smear of the patient's discharge reveals the presence of N. gonorrhoeae. He tells the nurse that he had sexual contact with a new girlfriend but does not think he was exposed to gonorrhea because she did not appear to have any disease. Which information should the nurse include in response to his comment?

A patient, age 26, has had a tubal insufflation (Rubin's test) to ascertain whether her fallopian tubes are patent. She complains of pain in her right shoulder. The nurse's most appropriate response would be

________ are produced in the seminiferous tubules and stored in the epididymis.

The nurse realizes that the patient who has had an abdominal hysterectomy needs further home teaching when she states

The nurse has taught a 23-year-old patient how to perform a testicular self-examination. Which statement by the patient indicates the need for further teaching?