Sexual Disorders PDF
Sexual Disorders PDF
Sexual Disorders PDF
NURSING INTERVENTIONS IN SEXUAL RESPONSES OF PATIENTS TO Transsexualism- gender identity disorder that results in a person
NURSES: believing he or she is really the opposite sex.
1. Ensure a therapeutic/ trusting relationship if considering sexual transplantation in the future, should
- Be a responsive listener, especially to feelings and begin hormonal therapy (estrogen therapy) to develop beast, and has
needs that patient may not be able to express directly. crossed dressed and lived as the opposite sex for several years.
- Reinforce purpose of professional, therapeutic nurse-
patient relationship. ATTEND PSYCHOTHERAPY
2. Be aware of your own feelings and thoughts - If talking about suicide indirectly “I would rather die than live
- Identify any specific patient interaction or behavior that with this body”. Ask about suicide question.
influences your feelings and thoughts - At risk- adolescents
3. Decrease patient’s expression of sexual feelings and
behavior
- Set limits on patient’s sexual behavior
- Use a calm matter- of- fact approach without implying
judgment
4. Expand patient’s insight into his sexual feelings and behavior
- Clarify misconceptions about any feeling patient may
have about you as possible sexual partners.
- Redirect patient’s energies toward appropriate health
care issues.
Three components: