The 65-year-old male who, although he is having painful symptoms related to a benign enlargement of the prostate, refuses to consider a prostatectomy because he fears that the surgery will make him impotent. The nurse reassures him that:
a. a prostatectomy will enhance sexual function.
b. new techniques for a prostatectomy do not damage nerves.
c. the prostate has nothing to do with erection or seminal fluid production.
d. impotence following a prostatectomy is entirely psychological.
ANS: B
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