Sexuality/std Flashcards
Chapter 5 nursing diagnosis
HSBC r/t reproductive functioning Anxiety Pain Body image disturbance r/t 2nd sex Sexual dysfunction Self esteem disturbance Altered sexuality patterns
Nonverbal cues
Over modest
Inappropriate jokes
Any funny effects of medication?
Androgens
Adrenal cortex and gonads
Physical, muscles, sebaceous, body hair
Progesterone
Decreases mucous permeability
Decreases ovum transport
Decreases proliferation
Estrogen
Develops reproductive tract
Stops growth
Fat placement
Suppresses FSH/LH suppressing ovulation
Testes
Descend at 34-38 weeks
Undescended increases cancer risk
GnRH
Released by hypothalamus and influences pituitary
Pituitary
Releases FSH and LH that control ABP
LH
Promotes testosterone release
ABP
Androgen binding protein
Promotes sperm formation
Vulvar blood and nerves
Pudendal V&A
Pudendal, ilioinguinal, genitofemoral nerves
Ovary palpation
Can’t because so low but pain indicates problem in lower quadrants
Nonfunctional ovaries
No breasts
Male like body hair
Estrogen
Prevents osteoporosis
Keeps cholesterol low
Ovary anatomy
Epithelium
Cortex (hormone production)
Medulla
How eggs transport
Mucous
Cilia
Muscular peristalsis
Uterus
Doesn’t mature until 17 (LBW of newborns)
Stays 33% bigger after birth
Isthmus
Enlarges greatly for fetus
Part typically cut for CS
Cervical Os
Relation to is ischial spine determining fetal position
Pap smear
Sample taken between lower cervix and lower cervical canal
Myometrium
Prevents hemorrhaging during menstruation
Keeps Os closed in pregnancy
Contracts equally to expel
Contracts to close vessels postpartum
Uterine nerves
Sensory nerves lower than motor
Epidural stops pain but not contractions
Uterus septums
Present during formation but are supposed to rescind
Vagina
Elastic, strong, vascular
Glycogen rich feeding bacteria that creates lactic acid
Higher pH after menopause