Bihar CHO - 2021
Community Health Nursing
Easy
Identify the incorrect statement among the following?
Appeared in: Bihar CHO - 2021
Explanation
- The statement that sterilization affects some normal day-to-day activities is incorrect.
- While there is a short recovery period (e.g., 24-48 hours for vasectomy, 2-3 days for tubal ligation) where heavy lifting is avoided, there are no long-term effects on routine work, exercise, or physical strength.
- After full recovery, individuals can resume all their normal activities without any limitations caused by the procedure.
Why Other Options Were Wrong
- Option A: This is a correct statement. Sterilization is designed and counseled as a permanent method of birth control.
- Option B: This is a correct statement. Sterilization prevents pregnancy but offers no barrier protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs), HIV, and AIDS.
- Option D: This is a correct statement. The procedure does not interfere with hormone production, libido, or the physical ability to have and enjoy sex.
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Clinical Relevance
- Nursing practice connection: This is primarily an exam-oriented knowledge point with limited direct bedside application, so retain Myths and facts about surgical sterilization (vasectomy and tubal ligation) as background academic context rather than a clinical decision trigger.
- Accurate counseling is a critical nursing responsibility to ensure informed consent. Nurses must be able to dispel common myths about sterilization to help patients make decisions based on facts.
- A key patient safety point is counseling vasectomy patients to use backup contraception until a follow-up semen analysis confirms azoospermia (absence of sperm), which typically takes several weeks to months.
- What if? If a patient is young and has no children but requests sterilization, the nurse's priority action would be to facilitate a thorough counseling session to explore the patient's understanding of permanence and discuss long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) as potential alternatives.
How to Approach the Question
- Read the question carefully, noting that it asks for the 'incorrect' statement. This is a negative-framing question, meaning you are looking for the false option.
- Evaluate each option based on your knowledge of surgical sterilization (vasectomy and tubal ligation).
- Option A: Is sterilization permanent? Yes. This is a true statement.
- Option B: Does it protect against STIs? No. This is a true statement.
- Option C: Does it affect day-to-day activities? Only temporarily during recovery, not in the long term. This statement is broadly worded and implies a permanent effect, making it the most likely incorrect one.
- Option D: Does it affect sexual ability? No. This is a true statement.
Concept Tested & Keywords
- Concept Tested: Myths and facts about surgical sterilization (vasectomy and tubal ligation)
- Stem keywords: sterilization, incorrect statement
- Lead-in keywords: incorrect statement
- Negative lead-in flag: The question asks to identify the INCORRECT statement.
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Reference Book
E6 Nursing Fundamentals Taylor p. 1010-1012
E6 Robert Boland, Marcia L. Verduin - Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Text of Psychiatry-Wolters Kluwer Health (2024) (pp 1-16525 of 16525) p. 8413-8415
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