The nurse is beginning the assessment process on a client with a sexual disorder. The client asks what is involved in being assessed. What would be the nurse's best response?
A) The assessment is mainly a psychiatric evaluation.
B) The doctor will order some psychosexual testing.
C) I will take a social and sexual history and then the doctor will decide what else might be needed.
D) I will take a social and sexual history. You will have psychosexual and psychologic testing and physiologic studies of sexual arousal patterns done. A psychiatric evaluation may also be performed.
Question 2
When evaluating the outcomes on a plan of care for a client with a sexual disorder, what would the nurse know to use as an indicator of positive progress?
A) A verbalized improvement in self-worth
B) The client's statement that the client is having sex more frequently
C) A verbalized improvement in ego
D) The client's statement that sex is less pleasurable
