Answer to Question 1
ANS: B
This response expresses the nurse's acceptance of the patient's feelings and encourages further discussion and problem solving. The patient may need professional counseling, but more assessment of the patient is needed before making this judgment. The nurse should also assess further before suggesting that the patient share her feelings with the husband because problems such as abuse might be present in the relationship. Although it is important that both partners be treated, the patient's current anger suggests that this is not the appropriate time to bring this up.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: C
A common reason for recurrence of symptoms is reinfection because infected partners have not been simultaneously treated. Because gonorrhea is treated with one dose of antibiotic, antibiotic therapy for a week is not needed. An adequate fluid intake is important, but a low fluid intake is not a likely cause for failed treatment. Poor hygiene may cause complications such as ocular trachoma but will not cause a failure of treatment.
The nurse cares for the postop client in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).
Pima Indian woman receiving an eye exam.
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Paul Colin, Figure of a Woman.
A patient is talking to the nurse about her husband’s abuse and attempt to strangle her. She ...