Exam 44: Nursing Care of Patients With Sexually Transmitted Diseases

A patient is undergoing treatment that involves the burning of lesions with heat or chemical agents.The nurse recognizes that this patient most likely has which condition?

The nurse is collecting data on a patient with Chlamydia.Which assessment finding should be reported immediately to the RN or physician?

The nurse is providing care for a newborn.Which intervention should the nurse make to prevent development of ophthalmia neonatorum?

A patient asks for the best way to prevent contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI).What response should the nurse make to this patient's question?

The nurse is teaching a patient the importance of completing treatment for gonorrhea.On which information is the nurse basing this teaching?

The nurse is assisting with teaching a patient who has been exposed to hepatitisB.Which symptoms should the nurse explain may occur before jaundice appears? (Select all that apply.)

A patient in labor is diagnosed with mucopurulent cervicitis.For which health problems should the nurse anticipate providing care to the newborn? (Select all that apply.)

It is documented in the medical record that a patient has gummas.For which sexually transmitted infection should the nurse plan care?

The nurse is preparing a poster presentation identifying the frequency of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)in the United States.Which STI should the nurse highlight as being the most commonly diagnosed?

The nurse reviews the ways to prevent condom breakage with a patient.Which patient statement indicates that more teaching is necessary?

A 24-year-old woman diagnosed with Chlamydia has been prescribed doxycycline.What should be included in the nurse's teaching about the drug treatment? (Select all that apply.)

Because Trichomonas is relatively large,unusually shaped,and diagnosed quickly,the nurse is asked to assist the physician obtain which type of specimen?

The nurse is assisting with the admission of a known intravenous drug abuser to a medical unit.In addition to drug abuse,which disorder in the patient's history is most consistent with a diagnosis of hepatitis?

During data collection the nurse notes the presence of a chancre on a male patient's penis.For which sexually transmitted infection should the nurse focus additional data collection?

The nurse must bathe a patient with herpes.What is the nurse's best protection against contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs)from patients while providing perineal hygiene?

The nurse is assisting in the preparation of a teaching seminar for adolescents to prevent the development of a sexually transmitted infection (STI).Which nonsexual activity should the nurse teach that may transmit a sexually transmitted infection (STI)?

While reviewing a medical record the nurse notes that patient has a "strawberry" cervix.For which sexually transmitted infection (STI)would the nurse plan care?