Conditions
The physician explains that a benign tumor was located in the patient’s uterus. The physician explains _______________ are the most benign tumors of the uterus and arise from uterine muscle tissue.
Fibroid
Personal hygiene is being taught to a young female patient regarding her menstrual period. The health teaching for personal hygiene includes:
Assure tampon change occurs 4 hours
As you learn female anatomy you learn the female organs include the myometrium and the endometrium, which are layers of which structure?
Uterus
The patient is experiencing some symptoms that may need further evaluation. The nurse explains a ____________ is performed to evaluate a sample of living tissue to establish or confirm a diagnosis or to follow the course of a disease.
Biopsy
In the ovulating female, an egg matures each month in the ____________, which is located in the ovary.
Graafian follicle
The patient is experiencing inability to completely empty the bladder, incontinence, fatigue and urinary urgency. The physician explains these are signs and symptoms of a possible _____________.
Cystocele
In the preovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle, the function of estrogen is:
Vascularization of the uterine lining
What does the diagnosis of secondary infertility refer to?
Has conceived but is now unable to do so
A female patient will be having a pelvic ultrasonography in the morning. The nurse explains, the pre-procedure preparation includes:
Drink fluids prior to exam
A patient, age 36, is scheduled for a unilateral orchiectomy for treatment of testicular cancer. He is withdrawn and does not initiate interaction with the nurse. What is the most appropriate nursing action at this time?
Assess his concerns related to his diagnosis and treatment
The physician is explaining the condition of endometriosis to the female patient. The physician explains the risk factors associated with the development of endometriosis include:
Familial connection
During collection of a male patient history, you learn subjective data that the patient had a procedure severing the vas deferens. What is significant about this information?
It induces sterility
Menstruation occurs in response to:
Diminished plasma levels of estrogen and progesterone
Serum CA-125 assessment is useful mainly to:
Identify reoccurrence of ovarian cancer
The corpus luteum is found in females, occurring during the menstrual cycle and preparing the female body for pregnancy. The corpus luteum is associated with which female organ?
Ovary
A female patient in the ED is diagnosed with Toxic Shock Syndrome. The nurse explains this condition is defined as:
Bacteria have grown and released toxins into the bloodstream after a tampon was left in place for too long
A female patient is scheduled to receive an ultrasound-guided core needle breast biopsy. The nurse is explaining the preprocedure instructions, which include:
Avoid powder and deodorant the day of the procedure
What is the physiologic rationale that supports the use of calcium and vitamin D supplements for postmenopausal women?
Decreased bone density occurs with menopause; calcium and vitamin D support bone health
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a blood test that is used to identify prostate cancer. The patient expresses concern until the nurse explains that the normal level for a PSA is:
Less than 4 ng/mL
Studying the male anatomy, you learn sperm matures in a coiled organ that sits near the testes. This organ is called _________.
Epididymis
A female patient was diagnosed with endometriosis. We know there are several factors that may place a female at greater risk for this condition. These factors are:
Women who have not conceived
Women whose sister or mother has the condition
The female patient is undergoing a diagnostic test. The nurse explains a methylene blue irrigation will be instilled into the bladder, along with an intravenous pyelogram or cystoscopy. The purpose of this diagnostic test is to:
To locate the presence of a vaginal fistula
The older patient is expressing hesitancy about explaining her reproductive system changes she is experiencing. What factor influences older women’s reluctance to seek medical care for problems of the reproductive system?
Embarrassment and cultural factors
The nurse is assisting the health care provider in removing a small sample of tissue from the patient’s cervix to have it evaluated because it contains eroded or infected tissue. This procedure is called a cervical ___________.
Conization
As you learn about the female reproductive system, you learn that the ________________ prepares the uterus and causes ovulation to occur each month.
Menstrual cycle