What is the first thing the nurse should check when an elderly widower reports a sudden onset of erectile dysfunction?
A) His mental health history
B) His heart rate and blood pressure
C) What drugs he has started taking
D) His attitudes toward sex outside marriage
C
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Frequently, medications prescribed to the elderly affect potency, libido, orgasm, and ejaculation. Drugs should be reviewed when new sexual dysfunction occurs. A sudden onset of erectile dysfunction is not typically associated with mental health problems in the older patient. Heart rate, blood pressure, and attitudes toward sex outside of the marriage would not be the first thing that the nurse would check in the older patient with a new onset of erectile dysfunction. These areas can be assessed later in the process.
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