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Zulu123

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on: Jul 11, 2018
What instruction should a nurse give a patient with congenital herpes who does not have lesions at the present?
 
  a. Continued use of acyclovir (Zovirax) will prevent reinfection by the virus.
  b. Condoms should be used during all sexual activity to prevent transmission of the virus, even when lesions are not present.
  c. Acyclovir ointment should be applied to the lesions to increase comfort and speed healing.
  d. Recurrent genital herpes is promoted by any sexual stimulation.

Question 2

The nurse will assess for _____________ when the older adult home health patient complains that the entire right side of his head hurts and he cannot chew without pain.
 
  a. mumps
  b. external otitis
  c. otitis media
  d. labyrinthitis


durant1234

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Sexual transmission of HSV (genital herpes, a virus) has been documented even in the absence of clinical lesions, and the use of condoms should be encouraged. Acyclovir does not cure the disease but makes the attacks less virulent.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The symptoms of painful head, painful chewing, and pain when the auricle is moved all indicate external otitis, frequently caused by compacted cerumen.


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