Exam 38: Management of Men with Reproductive Disorders

A client is admitted to the hospital for a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). To learn more about the client's concerns regarding this surgery and his sexual functioning, the nurse might say

The nurse preparing health teaching information about the etiology of prostate cancer would omit factors related to

The statement by the client scheduled for TURP that would indicate the need for further preoperative teaching is

A client comes to the emergency department in obvious distress, holding his groin. He refuses to get undressed to be examined. Which statement or question by the nurse is most appropriate?

On the first day after prostatectomy, a client complains of pain that is caused by bladder spasm. The priority action by the nurse is to

A client had a prostatectomy and is asking the nurse about the medications he is getting. He becomes alarmed when the nurse lists sildenafil (Viagra), saying "But that's for ED! I was told I wouldn't have ED with this procedure!" The best response by the nurse is

To provide protection against development of BPH, the nurse would encourage men in a community health education class to increase their intake of

A young man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of scrotal swelling and acute pain. The nurse would plan care suspecting treatment for this client will consist of

A client tells the nurse that on discharge following the client's transurethral resection, his wife is going to drive him to his daughter's house 3 hours away to recuperate. The nurse's most appropriate response would be

For a client with radioactive iodine seeds implanted for local control of a prostate tumor, the nurse would address radiation precautions by

A client who had prostate surgery asks the nurse when the suprapubic catheter will be removed. The nurse would reply that it will be left in place until

Because a client's mother took diethylstilbestrol (DES) during pregnancy, a nurse should advise a client to maintain screening practices for which associated health risk?

Considering the potential long-term side effects of a radical prostectomy, the nurse would make the nursing diagnosis of

For a client with mild benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) who will be treated conservatively, the nurse would advise the client to

A client developed retrograde ejaculation after prostate surgery. In responding to the client's questions regarding this complication, the nurse would be aware that

A nurse counsels a client who smokes cigarettes and uses alcohol daily that he should be aware that these substances have been known to cause

Nursing management of a client with acute bacterial prostatitis would include

After a transurethral resection, the nurse notes that the client's urinary catheter is blocked and his bladder is overdistended. The initial nursing action should be to

A client is having a penile shaft resection for advanced penile cancer. Which nursing diagnosis would be most important for the nurse to consider when planning care?

After the urinary catheter is removed on the fourth day following a transurethral resection, the client is upset because he is dribbling urine. The most appropriate nursing intervention in this situation is to