The nurse, after completion of an assessment in the medical clinic of

The nurse, after completion of an assessment in the medical clinic of a client, the nurse docu-ments that the client has dyspareunia based on the client’s experience of:

1. Delay or absence of an orgasm
2. Deficient or absent sexual desire
3. Involuntary constriction of the vagina
4. Recurrent genital pain during intercourse

ANSWER

ANS: 4
Dyspareunia is recurrent or persistent genital pain in either a male or a female before, during, or after sexual intercourse that is not associated with vaginismus or with lack of lubrication. Orgas-mic disorder is the recurrent delay in, or absence of, orgasm following normal sexual excitement. Hypoactive sexual desire disorder is the persistent or recurrent deficiency or absence of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity. Vaginismus is an involuntary constriction of the outer one third of the vagina that prevents penile insertion and intercourse.