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If the client does not respond to medical therapy, surgical intervention might include dilation and curettage (D&C;), endometrial ablation, uterine artery embolization, or hysterectomy. Of these, hysterectomy is considered a last resort.

The nurse is providing care to a client with abnormal uterine bleeding. Treatment with medications has been unsuccessful, and surgical intervention is being considered. The nurse identifies which technique as being the last resort?

A woman experiences painful intercourse.

The nurse is reviewing a client's electronic medical record and notices that the client has recently experienced dyspareunia. The nurse knows that this is an effect of aging on the female reproductive system. What is the best description of dyspareunia that the nurse can share with the nursing student who is going to see this client with the nurse?

ovarian cancer

A middle-aged woman is seen in the OB/GYN clinic and reports abdominal bloating, fatigue, abdominal pain, urinary frequency, and constipation. She also says that she had lost 24 pounds in the last month without trying to lose. For which disease should the primary care provider screen this client?

vaginal bleeding that is painless and abnormal

A nurse is assessing a 20-year-old female. Which data finding taken during the history would indicate endometrial cancer?

vague symptoms resulting in late diagnosis

A nurse is speaking to a local women's group about the various types of cancer affecting the female reproductive tract. The nurse explains that ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies based on the understanding that this type of canc

situational low self-esteem related to masculinization effects of the disease

A woman with polycystic ovary syndrome tells the nurse, "I hate this disease. Just look at me! I have no hair on the front of my head, but I've got hair on my chin and upper lip. I don't feel like a woman anymore." Further assessment reveals breast atrophy and increased muscle mass. Which nursing diagnosis would the nurse identify as the priority?