Exam 43: Nursing Care of Male Patients With Genitourinary Disorders

A patient is being treated for prostatitis.What instructions should the nurse provide to help this patient? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient with continuous bladder irrigation after a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP).Which assessment finding should take priority?

A male client comes into the emergency department experiencing a painful prolonged erection.What term should the nurse use to document this patient's problem?

The nurse is assisting with teaching a 56-year-old office manager who reports engaging in a variety of activities.Which one should the nurse explain most likely increased his risk for developing prostatitis?

A male patient has infertility caused by an endocrine problem.For which type of problem should the nurse plan care for this patient?

A patient has just received a new prescription for a transurethral suppository for erectile dysfunction.What instructions should the nurse provide about this medication?

The nurse is reviewing a patient's prescribed medications.Which medications are used to treat cancer by suppressing or blocking testosterone? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse has just removed an indwelling catheter from a patient following transurethral resection of the prostate.What action by the nurse is most important?

A male patient has a curved penis.What term should the nurse use to document this observation?

A male patient explains that manifestations of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)have been occurring for several years.For which adverse effects of this health problem should the nurse consider when planning this patient's caring? (Select all that apply.)

A patient who has just returned from a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)asks the nurse why he needs a urinary catheter.What is the correct explanation?

The nurse is providing care for a patient admitted with epididymitis.Which intervention is most appropriate?

The nurse is collecting a medication history from a man with erectile dysfunction.For what medication classes and lifestyle substances should the nurse assess because they can cause erectile dysfunction? (Select all that apply.)

The mother is upset to learn that her son's testes have not descended into the scrotum.At what age should the mother consider surgery for her son's health problem?

The nurse is assisting with a urology clinic intake assessment on a patient who reports erectile dysfunction.He has tried several treatments without success.He states,"I'm pretty useless to my wife now.I might as well become a monk." Which nursing diagnosis should take priority in guiding the nurse's care?

The nurse is collecting admission data from a patient recently diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia.Which symptoms should the nurse expect the patient to report? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is assisting with teaching a patient who will be discharged with a catheter after a prostatectomy.Which patient statement indicates the need for further teaching?

The nurse is reviewing the male reproductive system with a couple being evaluated for infertility.What concentration of sperm should the nurse instruct this couple as being needed for normal conception to occur?

A patient is discharged home after a prostatectomy.Two days later,he calls the nurse and says his bleeding has increased.The nurse asks what he has been doing since discharge.Which activity reported by the patient indicates the need for teaching by the nurse?

The nurse is assisting with the preparation of materials for a patient who is at risk for prostatitis.What should the nurse include in this teaching? (Select all that apply.)