ob chapter 5 prep u
A parent at an educational session on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) asks the nurse if there are vaccines available to prevent STIs. What is the nurse's best response? You Selected: "A vaccine has been approved vaccines to prevent the human papillomavirus."
A vaccine has been approved vaccines to prevent the human papillomavirus." Explanation: Vaccine-preventable STIs can be effectively prevented through preexposure vaccination. Vaccines are under development or are undergoing clinical trials for certain STIs, including HIV and HSV. The only vaccines currently available are for prevention of HAV, HBV, and HPV infection. Vaccination efforts focus largely on integrating the use of these available vaccines into STI prevention and treatment activities.
Which instruction should the nurse give to a client with genital herpes to help control the infection? Avoid sexual contact until sores heal. Apply antibacterial medication. Avoid people with upper respiratory infections. Apply imiquimod cream.
Avoid sexual contact until sores heal. Explanation: The nurse should instruct the client to avoid sexual contact until sores heal completely and new skin forms. Application of antibacterial medication is suggested for wounds in case of lymphedema. Clients with HIV are advised to avoid people with upper respiratory infections. Application of imiquimod cream is suggested for clients infected with human papillomavirus.
A client is being discharged from the gynecological unit after treatment for an acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). What priority instruction regarding disease management should the nurse include? Provide the client with brochures on sexually transmitted disease prevention. Arrange for follow-up visits to her health care provider. Discuss the necessity of completing the antibiotic therapy. Refer the client to the women's sexual health clinic.
Discuss the necessity of completing the antibiotic therapy. Explanation: It is the priority that the client understands the need to finish the antibiotic therapy required to treat PID in order to eradicate the offending bacterial infection. The STI brochures may be appropriate, but they are not the priority and neither is arranging for follow-up health care provider visits. If the client can access the women's health clinic, a referral can be made, but it is not the priority.
A nurse is caring for a client in the clinic. Which sign or symptom may indicate that the client has gonorrhea? burning on urination dry, hacking cough diffuse skin rash painless chancre
burning on urination Explanation: Burning on urination may be a symptom of gonorrhea or urinary tract infection. A dry, hacking cough is a sign of a respiratory infection, not gonorrhea. A diffuse rash may indicate secondary stage syphilis. A painless chancre is the hallmark of primary syphilis. It appears wherever the organisms enter the body, such as on the genitalia, anus, or lips.
In which clients is it most important to understand the importance of an annual Papanicolaou test? clients with a history of recurrent candidiasis clients with a pregnancy before age 20 clients infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) clients with a long history of hormonal contraceptive use
clients infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) Explanation: HPV causes genital warts, which are associated with an increased incidence of cervical cancer. Recurrent candidiasis, pregnancy before age 20, and use of hormonal contraceptives do not increase the risk of cervical cancer.
