A female patient is having difficulty accepting the diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease because she has been on the pill for years. Which piece of information should the nurse provide to aid this patient?
1. Skipping doses could have caused the disease.
2. She possibly needs to change the type of birth control pill being used.
3. Some diseases are virulent, and the pill will not protect her.
4. Oral contraceptives do not protect against sexually transmitted diseases.
Question 2
The community health nurse is asked to develop a STI educational program to target at-risk people in the community.
After reviewing the risk factors for chlamydial infections, for what population should the nurse target the information in the educational plan?
1. males at the adult senior center
2. groups of teenagers from the local high school
3. married couples attending Lamaze classes
4. children from the local 4H Club
The patient interview often requires note taking.
Taking a Patient’s Oral Temperature with an Electronic Thermometer
Common patient positions.
The Female Reproductive Cycle
Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients, Centers for Disease Control, 2011