Author Question: A 35-year-old new mother returns to the clinic for her 6-week postpartum check. When discussing ... (Read 58 times)

kfurse · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A 35-year-old new mother returns to the clinic for her 6-week postpartum check. When discussing questions regarding the patient's sexual health the nurse should do which of the fol-lowing?

a. Assume that permission to discuss sexual-ity issues is implied.
b. Seek knowledge about sexual health in general.
c. Make therapeutic suggestions early and adjust as needed.
d. Refer the patient to a professional with advanced training if necessary.

Question 2

A postoperative patient has denied the need for pain medication. The nurse has noted that the patient describes the pain as a 1 on a 0 to 10 scale.

The nurse also notes that the patient gri-maces when he or she changes position and guards the incision. The nurse believes that the pa-tient is experiencing pain based on the information gathered in the assessment. What is this phe-nomenon known as? a. Cue
b. Inference
c. Diagnosis
d. Health pattern

JCABRERA33 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
The PLISSIT Assessment of Sexuality method suggests that the nurse gain permission to discuss sexuality issues, limit information to sexual health problems being experienced, make specific suggestion only when the nurse is clear about the problem, and refer the patient to professionals with advanced training if necessary.

Answer to Question 2

B
The nurse made a judgment, which is an inference, that the patient is experiencing pain. An in-ference is a nurse's judgment or interpretation of a cue. A cue is information that you obtain through use of the senses. Gordon's functional health patterns are a type of database format to obtain a comprehensive assessment. A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes that the nurse is licensed and competent to treat such as impaired tissue perfusion.