A 30-year-old male patient has just received a diagnosis of testicular cancer.He appears sad and states,"I always wanted to have children.Now it will be impossible." What nursing intervention would be most helpful?
A) Contact pastoral care to counsel the patient.
B) Provide the patient with literature about adoption.
C) Inform the patient that children will be out of the question.
D) Tell the patient that it may be possible to deposit sperm in a sperm bank before treatment is begun.
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