Nurse 230 test 3 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Sexuality - answer✔✔Individually expresses, highly personal phenomenon whose meaning
evolves from life experience
World Health Organization (WHO) - answer✔✔Definition. of sexual health -stated in terms of
pgysixal, emotional, psychological, and social well being
sexual self-concept - answer✔✔How one views oneself as a sexual being
Body image - answer✔✔How you feel about and see your body
Components of sexual health - answer✔✔-sexual self-concept
-body image
-gender identity
-gender expression
-androgyny
-freedoms and responsibilities
Factors influencing sexuality - answer✔✔* family
* culture
* religion
* personal expectations and ethics
Nurse should monitor women who have had female circumcisions for what? - answer✔✔UTIs
sexual response cycle - answer✔✔-desire
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-excitement(F: breasts enlarge, uterus elevates, erection of clit)
-orgasm (muscle spasms, elevated RR of up to 40bpm, increase in systolic BP of 20-30Hg above
norm)
-resolution (back to unaroused state)
Dyspareunia - answer✔✔pain during or after sex
Vaginismus - answer✔✔involuntary muscle spasms in the outer part of the vagina that make
intercourse impossible. (use smaller than normal speculums)
Vestibulitis - answer✔✔severe pain only on touch or attempted vaginal entry
vulvodynia - answer✔✔constant, unremitting burning localized to vulva
PLISSIT - answer✔✔-permission :nurse gives pt permission-acknowledging
concerns/listening/providing care
-limited info: give pt info at sexual question so they can return to sexual function
-specific suggestions: measures pt can apply; using nurses knowledge to offer suggestions to
help pt
-intensive therapy:. nurses w specialized preparations and knowledge; IT w qualified sexual
therapist;
Strategies for addressing inappropriate actions - answer✔✔Communicate behavior is
unacceptable, express hoe it makes you feel, identify expected behavior, set limits, refocus pt,
report behavior
Components of self concept - answer✔✔Self knowledge
Self expectation
Social self
Social evaluation
Nurses w positive self concept are better able to care got others - answer✔✔