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mrsjacobs44 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The psychiatric-mental health nurse preparing to provide patient education to a patient with a sexual dysfunction. Which information about orgasm will the nurse include in the session?

1. It is mediated by dopamine, produced by the brain.
2. It is mediated by norepinephrine, produced by the sympathetic nervous system.
3. It is mediated by nitric oxide, produced by the vascular system.
4. It is mediated by epinephrine, produced by the parasympathetic nervous system.

Question 2

The student nurse is learning about the stages of the sexual response cycle in order to care for patients with sexual disorders. The student will learn that the primary physiology of excitement or arousal involves which system?

1. Sympathetic nervous system
2. Parasympathetic nervous system
3. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
4. Peripheral nervous system.

connor417 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 2
Explanation: Orgasm is mediated by norepinephrine, produced by the sympathetic nervous system. While dopamine, epinephrine, and nitric oxide are involved in orgasm, these are not the mediating agents.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: According to the sexual response cycle, excitement or arousal is a vascular phenomenon involving the parasympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone, and peripheral nervous systems are not involved in the primary physiology of excitement or arousal.