Exam 49: Sexually Transmitted Infections

The nurse cautions the patient taking Flagyl for Trichomonas that she should:

The patient with a chlamydial infection who is taking a 7-day course of doxycyclin (Vibramycin)is reminded by the nurse to:

The patient at the outpatient clinic is reluctant to identify her sexual contacts.The nurse explains that the reporting of contacts is essential to:

The nurse who is caring for a patient who is taking acyclovir (Zovirax)is alert for the side effects of this drug,which include:

The nurse explains that STIs must be reported to the local public health department.The reportable diseases are confirmed cases of:

The nurse explains that an antiviral drug commonly used to relieve symptoms of HSV is:

The patient at the outpatient clinic who has received a intramuscular (MI)dose of ceftriaxone sodium (Rocephin)calls and complains of pain and induration at the injection site.The nurse should advise the patient to:

A pregnant patient with HSV type 2 has a Herp-Test performed in the physician's office 1 day before she is due to deliver by cesarean section.The test is negative.The nurse is aware that this means the:

A patient has been diagnosed with herpes simplex virus,type 2 (HSV type 2).The nurse should instruct the patient to:

The method used to identify organisms of gonorrhea will be:

Primary stage syphilis is characterized by:

When the female patient who is newly diagnosed with gonorrhea screams,"I am going to kill my husband.I mean it." The nurse's best response would be:

Doxycycline (Vibramycin)has been prescribed for a patient who has gonorrhea.Before beginning the medication,the nurse would instruct the patient to:

The nurse instructs the patient with a chlamydial infection that because of the disease,the patient is at greater risk for:

The nurse asks a patient to repeat the instructions to evaluate her knowledge about safe sex practices.The statement that indicates understanding is:

The nurse in the outpatient clinic notes that the patient has been treated for syphilis three separate times in the last 2 years.The nurse explains that the antibiotic treatment this time will consist of one injection of:

The nurse recognizes that the patient with an STI may not cooperate in reporting sexual contacts because of fear of:

The statement by the nurse that is most likely to overcome noncompliance in the patient with gonorrhea who is taking a protocol of tetracycline antibiotics is:

The nurse teaching a seminar on STIs points out that systemic (disseminated)gonorrhea may involve the:

A health educator,giving a presentation on how to use condoms correctly,would include instruction that: