A client speaks about an adult son who is a practicing homosexual ...

[Starlight]

A client speaks about an adult son who is a practicing homosexual and expresses concern by stating: I am so worried about him and I know he is going to hell.
 
  What is the most important fact for the nurse to consider in formulating a response to this client's concern?
  1. Normal sexuality is described as whatever behaviors give pleasure and satisfaction to those adults involved.
  2. Since alternative lifestyles are now so well accepted in society, this parent should not feel so much concern.
  3. What constitutes normal sexual expression varies among cultures and religions.
  4. Sexual development is genetically determined and not affected by environment.

Question 2

A client recovering from a lumpectomy for breast cancer tells the nurse that she feels ugly. For which nursing diagnosis should the nurse plan interventions?
 
  1. Powerlessness.
  2. Social Isolation.
  3. Grieving.
  4. Hopelessness.

[Jordin Calloway]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Even though many consider whatever activity gives pleasure and satisfaction to the involved adults to be normal, some cultures and religions do not hold that belief.
Rationale 2: While alternative lifestyles are well accepted in some cultures, apparently that is not true in this parent's belief patterns.
Rationale 3: This nurse should remember that culture and religion have a big impact upon what a person believes to be normal sexual behavior.
Rationale 4: Sexual development has both genetic and environmental components.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: The client's feelings of being ugly do not support the diagnosis of Powerlessness.
Rationale 2: The client's feelings of being ugly do not support the diagnosis of Social Isolation.
Rationale 3: The diagnosis Grieving is appropriate, since the client is expressing a feeling related to a change in physical appearance.
Rationale 4: The client's feelings of being ugly do not support the diagnosis of Hopelessness.

[Starlight]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[kusterl]

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