A nurse's neighbor is a healthy 75-year-old man. He confides in the nurse about problems with urination, saying, It's hard to get it going. What can I take to help it? I don't want to go see a doctor.
Which natural preparation might be helpful for this individual?
a. Peppermint
b. Ginkgo
c. Saw palmetto
d. St. John's wort
Question 2
The nurse educator is teaching a group of nurses about various pharmaceutical agents.
The group begins discussing drugs for erectile dysfunction. Which statement by one of the nurses best demonstrates understanding of these drugs? The division of the nervous system that is physiologically the most involved with erection is the _____ division.
a. parasympathetic
b. sympathetic
c. autonomic
d. somatic