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A patient with bacterial prostatitis asks, “Why does the doctor say I can’t have sex until this infection is gone?” On which of the following understandings does the nurse base a response?

Which of the following symptoms would the nurse expect the patient diagnosed with BPH to report?

A person receiving finasteride (Proscar) would most likely have the following diagnosis in the history:

Early detection of which of the following cancers is done with a PAP test?

The nurse is providing care for a female patient who is pregnant and tests positive for genital HSV-2 (herpes simplex virus type 2). Which comment by the patient indicates to the nurse that patient teaching is effective?  

The nurse is providing care for a patient who had a mastectomy for breast cancer 2 days ago and is now developing pulmonary congestion. For which reason is a mastectomy patient at risk for pulmonary complications?

The nurse is providing preoperative care for an 80-year-old patient who is scheduled to have prostate surgery. The patient says, “I know a man who was impotent after this surgery. Will that happen to me?” Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

Someone with type B blood has which of the following antigens on their red blood cells?

A blood clot which travels to a small vessel in a person’s lungs and becomes lodged there is called a(n)  ______.

Someone with AB+ blood makes __________ antibodies.