An older adult male client started taking antihypertensive pharmacotherapy for hypertension. While being seen for a routine checkup, he tells the nurse that he is troubled because he has been unable to have an erection since he started the "new" medicine. What is the nurse's BEST response?
a. Antihypertensives can impair sexual functioning and quality of life for some older adults.
b. Antihypertensives are not known to cause impaired sexual functioning.
c. Controlling your blood pressure is more important than your sex life.
d. The medication and your sexual functioning are not related.
a. Antihypertensives can impair sexual functioning and quality of life for some older adults.
FEEDBACK:
a. Many CNS drugs and antihypertensives can impair sexual functioning, reducing quality of life for some older adults.
b. Antihypertensives can impair sexual functioning. .
c. This sentence is judgmental and not appropriate. .
d. Antihypertensives can impair sexual functioning. .
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