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A 61-year-old man's elevated prostate screening antigen (PSA) levels and abnormal digital rectal examination (DRE) results prompted his care provider to refer him for treatment.
 
  The patient has subsequently been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is scheduled for surgery. The nurse should recognize that this patient's plan of nursing care should include interventions to address what potential long-term complication of prostate surgery?
  A) Erectile dysfunction
  B) Stress incontinence
  C) Urge incontinence
  D) Abdominal distention

Question 2

One of a hospital patient's scheduled 08:00 medications is finasteride (Proscar), a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor that the nurse recognizes as a treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
 
  The nurse should be aware that this drug achieves a therapeutic effect by:
  A) Increasing the osmolality of urine, facilitating easier passage through the urethra
  B) Relaxing the smooth muscle of the bladder neck and prostate
  C) Inhibiting the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone
  D) Increasing the tone of the bladder's detrusor muscle



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C




EY67

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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