Question

The nurse is teaching a female client who has been prescribed hormone therapy. The client asks, "What does this medication do?" Which statement is an appropriate response by the nurse?

A. "This medication will help relieve hot flashes and ther adverse symptoms of menopause"
B. "THis medication will promote the continuation of your menstrual periods"
C. This medication prevent coronary heart disease"
D. "This medication will increase bone resorption"

Answer 1

A.This medication will help relieve hot flashes and other adverse symptoms of menopause

Step-by-step explanation:

This hormones therapy medication will help relieve hot flashes and other adverse symptoms of menopause because Hormone therapy are often done to replace the hormones a woman body lack due to menopause. It enables the hormone in the female body to be balanced in order to stop or reduce the symptoms because it's often the lack of this hormones (estrogen and progesterone) that trigger want is been called HORMONE THERAPY.

Once a woman reach menopause the body system stop to release this vital hormone due to the fact that the woman monthly flows has stop.

Each of the hormones are vital to the women body in which lack of any of them may affect the woman body system especially during menopause.

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can help relieve sweating, hot flashes, and other symptoms associated with menopause.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. This medication will help relieve hot flashes and their adverse symptoms of menopause"

Step-by-step explanation:

Women who suffer from menopause experience from hot flashes. Hot flashes

is a condition in which a sudden sensation of heat is felt in the face ans chest area which is followed by a sensation of flushing, sweating and chills.

Some of the adverse effects associated with menopause are:

• Hot flushes
• Dryness of vagina
• abrupt mood changes
• weight gain
• disturbed sleep