During an Assessment Interview, a Female Client Reveals a History

question 8

Multiple Choice

During an assessment interview, a female client reveals a history of bisexual orientation. Which action should the nurse initially implement when working with this client?

• A) Self-assess personal attitudes toward sexuality.
• B) Review client's possible childhood sexual abuse history.
• C) Encourage discussion of aversion to heterosexual relationships.
• D) Explore client's family history of sexual practices.

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Definitions:

Conjugate Additions

A type of nucleophilic addition where the nucleophile adds to a conjugated system, such as a double bond adjacent to a carbonyl group, leading to more stable adducts.

MgBr

Magnesium bromide, a chemical compound used as a reagent in organic synthesis, particularly in Grignard reactions.

7-Methyl-2-octanone

A ketone where the ketone group is positioned at the second carbon of an octane chain that has a methyl group attached to its seventh carbon.

Reagents

Agents or compounds inserted into a system with the purpose of starting a chemical reaction or assessing whether a reaction takes place.