The 45-Year-Old Client Reports That She Has No Interest in Sex

question 34

Multiple Choice

The 45-year-old client reports that she has no interest in sex and that she and her husband have not had intercourse in 16 years.How should the nurse interpret this assessment data?

• A)This couple is experiencing sexual dysfunction.
• B)The woman's lack of sexual desire has resulted in impotence in her husband.
• C)If both partners share the same lack of desire,there is often not a problem.
• D)This situation is so unnatural that some dysfunction is present.

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