Exam 54: Nursing Management: Female Reproductive Problems

A 32-year-old patient has minor changes on her Pap test. Which action should the nurse take?

A patient who is trying to become pregnant asks the nurse about ways to determine when she is most likely to conceive. The nurse explains that

A 22-year-old woman who is scheduled for a Pap test tells the nurse that she has had intercourse during the last year with several men. The nurse will plan to teach about the reason for

When caring for a 60-year-old patient with persistent menorrhagia, the nurse will plan to monitor the

A 26-year-old who was admitted to the hospital with increasing abdominal pain is diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy. The patient begins to cry and asks the nurse to leave her alone to grieve. Which action should the nurse take next?

A patient who has undergone a radical vulvectomy for vulvar carcinoma returns to the medical-surgical unit after the surgery. The priority nursing diagnosis for the patient at this time is

A 45-year-old patient is diagnosed with stage 0 cervical cancer using a punch biopsy. The nurse will plan to teach the patient about

A patient with endometriosis is treated with medroxyprogesterone ( Depo-Provera ). The nurse explains that this therapy

A female patient who is seen in the health clinic is diagnosed with genital warts. The nurse will plan to teach the patient about

A patient with pelvic inflammatory disease ( PID ) is treated on an outpatient basis with oral antibiotics. Which instruction will be included in patient teaching?

A 58-year-old woman calls the health clinic when she has a moderate amount of vaginal bleeding after 6 years of menopause. The nurse will anticipate teaching the patient about

When the nurse is caring for a patient with pelvic inflammatory disease ( PID ) requiring hospitalization, which nursing intervention will be included in the plan of care?

The nurse has just received change-of-shift report about the following four patients. Which patient should be assessed first?

A 33-year-old woman who uses oral contraceptives tells the nurse, "I want to have children in a few years." Which response by the nurse is appropriate?

Stage III ovarian cancer is diagnosed in a 63-year-old woman. A nursing diagnosis that is likely to be appropriate is

A 31-year-old woman tells the nurse that she has noticed increasing headaches with dizziness, abdominal bloating, and unexplained anxiety occurring before her menstrual periods. Which action is best for the nurse to take at this time?

When counseling a healthy perimenopausal woman who prefers not to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which nonhormonal therapies will the nurse suggest (select all that apply)?

A patient tells the nurse that she would like a prescription for oral contraceptives to control her premenstrual dysphoric disorder ( PMD-D ) symptoms. Which patient information is most important to communicate to the health care provider?

Which assessment finding for a patient who is on the surgical unit after a radical abdominal hysterectomy is most important to report to the health care provider?

Six months after being sexually assaulted, a woman tells the nurse that she has nightmares about the incident and develops acute anxiety if she finds herself alone in situations where several men are present. The most appropriate nursing diagnosis for the patient is