Exam 47: Female Reproductive Disorders

Conjugated estrogen (Premarin)is indicated for treatment of menopause.Before administering the medication to a woman who has just had a hysterectomy,the nurse should explain the side effects,which are:

The nurse points out to a group of young women who are being treated for PID that because of the effect of this disease on their reproductive organs,they may become _________________________.

After months of infertility procedures,the physician informs a 32-year-old patient that she will never conceive.As the nurse enters the examination room,the patient states,"I guess I'm a failure as a woman." Based on this statement,the most appropriate nursing diagnosis would be:

Teaching for the patient with endometriosis should include the signs and symptoms of common complications,which are:

A patient is admitted with possible cancer of the ovary.The nurse knows that malignant tumors of the ovary:

After a mastectomy,many patients experience lymphedema.To minimize this problem,the nurse can instruct the patient to:

The nurse is aware that the medication used to stimulate or mimic actions of natural pituitary gonadotropins in the treatment of infertility is:

The nurse is aware that for a woman to be diagnosed with primary infertility,the patient has:

The patient asks the nurse,"Will the laparoscopy be painful?" The nurse replies: