Chapter 56 Caring for Clients with sexually transmitted infections

Which of the following should a nurse consider when assessing older clients with a sexually transmitted infection (STI)?

A. Abandon biases that older adults are sexually active.

A female client with an anal gonorrheal infection experiences painful bowel elimination and a purulent rectal discharge. the nurse would expect to find which of the following once the mircoorganism disseminates throughout the body?

A. Painful joints

A client with a history of HSV-2 infection asks the nurse about future sexual activity. Which of the following responses would be most appropriate?

C. Inform all potential sexual partners about the infection, even if it is inactive

when describing sexually transmitted infections and testing, the nurse explains that a client is typically tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis at the same time for which reason?

D. It is not unusual for clients to have concurrent infections with more than one sexually transmitted infection (STI)

A client with syphilis did not recieve treatment and has now progressed into the tertiary stage of the disorder. which of the following would the nurse expect the client to exhibit?

D. Tabes doraslis, ataxia, and Charcot's joints