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CH 71 Prep U

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When developing a teaching plan for a client with syphilis, which of the following would be most important to include?
With proper treatment, the disease can eventually be cured.
A patient comes to the clinic with complaints of a painless sore on her lip 2 weeks after she had oral sex with her boyfriend. The nurse observes a chancre on the lips and the physician orders testing for syphilis. If results are positive, what is the likely stage the patient is in?
Primary
The nurse educator, who is teaching a class on sexually transmitted infections, recognizes that teaching has been effective when students indicate which statement is true about the difference between colonization and infection?
"Colonization becomes infection when the host and organism interact."
A client with syphilis has been evaluated and treated with medication. The nurse encourages the need for follow-up to ensure that the treatment was effective. The nurse instructs the client to return at which time to be retested?
3 months
A nurse practitioner is treating a client with early latent syphilis of less than 1 year's duration. The nurse told the client about the need to receive penicillin G benzathine injections according to the following protocol:
one injection.
The nurse educator is teaching a class about the chain of infection. The nurse educator correctly states that sexually transmitted infections are passed on through which route of transmission?
Direct transmission
A 28-year-old sexually active male presented to a clinic because he was concerned about a round, painless sore on the shaft of his penis that had appeared 2 days prior to his visit. The nurse practitioner recognized the lesion as a "chancre," an indicator of primary syphilis. The nurse should tell the patient:
"An antibiotic injection is the best treatment since the lesion has just occurred."
Which of the following is the medication of choice for early syphilis?
Penicillin G benzathine
The nurse is providing care to a client who has been diagnosed with gonorrhea. The nurse also prepares the client for treatment of which of the following?
Chlamydia
The nurse educator is teaching a group of young adult women about sexually transmitted infections. The nurse explains that which infection is most likely to be "silent" with no overt symptoms in women?
Chlamydia
Which of the following is the most effective treatment for trichomoniasis?
Metronidazole (Flagyl)
Which condition of generally requires the identification and treatment of sexual partners?
Chlamydia trachomatis infection
A group of students are reviewing class material on sexually transmitted infections in preparation for a test. The students demonstrate understanding of the material when they identify which of the following as the cause of condylomata?
Human papilloma virus
A client is diagnosed with primary syphilis. When assessing the client, which manifestation would the nurse expect to find?
painless chancre
You are a school nurse teaching a health class about the chain of infection in the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A student asks you which part of the chain of infection can be missing when transmission occurs. What would be your best answer?
"All parts of the chain of infection have to be present for the disease to be passed to another human."
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