The nurse is planning care for a patient who has just been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Surgery is planned. Which patient problem should be included in the plan of care?
1. Bowel incontinence
2. Erectile dysfunction
3. Urinary incontinence
4. Altered body image
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Rationale 1: This surgery does not affect bowel incontinence.
Rationale 2: This procedure does not affect erectile dysfunction.
Rationale 3: This surgery does not affect urinary incontinence.
Rationale 4: An orchiectomy is the surgical procedure used to treat testicular cancer. Men undergoing the procedure are faced with a potential change in body image.
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