A female client tells the nurse about having no interest in sex ...

[Davideckstein7]

A female client tells the nurse about having no interest in sex since it has become painful. Which intervention(s) would be appropriate to help the client with this problem?
 
  Select all that apply.
  A) Ask when the last Pap smear was performed.
  B) Discuss the need to be screened for sexually transmitted infections.
  C) Instruct on the use of artificial lubrication.
  D) Encourage the client to discuss with the healthcare provider because there are medications to help with this problem.
  E) Suggest antibiotics to treat the pain.

Question 2

A female client tells the nurse about having difficulty with sexual relations because of a recent weight gain. Which interventions should the nurse include when planning this client's care?
 
  A) Sexual self-concept
  B) Gender identity
  C) Body image
  D) Gender-role behavior

[mceravolo]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C, D

The client is describing a sexual arousal disorder, a subjective lack of sexual excitement that is linked with a lack of lubrication in the female. Interventions to help with this problem include using artificial lubrication and discussing medication options with the healthcare provider. Antibiotics, screening for sexually transmitted infections, and the last Pap smear would be interventions to address a sexual pain disorder, which involves pain that occurs during or immediately after intercourse.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C

Body image is constantly changing. How people feel about their bodies is related to sexuality. People who have a poor body image may respond negatively to sexual arousal. This is what the client is experiencing. Sexual self-concept determines with whom one will have sex, the gender and kinds of people one is attracted to, and the values about when, where, with whom, and how one expresses sexuality. Gender identity is one's self-image as male or female. Gender-role behavior is the outward expression of a person's sense of maleness or femaleness as well as the expression of what is perceived as gender-appropriate behavior.

[Davideckstein7]

TYSM

[tkempin]

Excellent