A 25-year-old female is diagnosed with endometriosis. What should the nurse include when teaching the patient about this disorder?
Select all that apply.
1. Endometriosis can be treated without any long-term effects.
2. If the woman desires children, she should be encouraged to become pregnant before the disease progresses.
3. Laser ablation and birth control pills are the treatments for this condition.
4. Leaving the condition untreated will not result in any long-term health issues.
5. Dyspareunia can occur.
Correct Answer: 2, 3, 5
Endometriosis is a slowly progressive disease that is responsive to ovarian hormone stimulation. Because progressive scarring may interfere with the ability to conceive, women with significant endometriosis are encouraged to have children early if they wish to do so. Dyspareunia (painful intercourse) is a manifestation of endometriosis. Management of endometriosis may include drug (birth control pills) or surgical (laparoscopy and laser ablation) intervention; however, these treatments do have long-term effects. Women with endometriosis may experience painful, lengthy, or heavy menstrual periods, which constitute health issues for the patient.
You might also like to view...
The nurses make walking rounds with the physician on the long-term care unit. At the completion of rounds several nurses gather in the break room and agree that they need to be more effective and efficient the next time rounds are performed
What is the first step these nurses need to take? 1. Review the process and define the problem. 2. Suggest ways to improve walking rounds. 3. Develop a plan to change the way walking rounds are performed. 4. Select an informal leader to organize the group.
The nurse is studying the history of Florence Nightingale and realizes that which of the following statements is true about Nightingale as a nursing theorist?
a. She believed that formal education was not needed for nurses. b. She developed principles of nursing that fit the modern definition of a theory. c. She considered nursing to be a calling. d. She stressed the importance of caring for the ill person rather than caring for the illness.
Which options reflect a general criterion for restraining a patient?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. The patient's inability to care for himself or herself 2. The patient's verbally abusive but nonthreatening behavior toward others 3. The patient's immediate ability to harm self 4. The patient's refusal to take psychotropic medications as prescribed 5. The patient's threat to harm another patient
The external immune system gives protection from infection because of normal functioning defenses. The most important defense is the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).