A female patient has come to the STD clinic and has been ...

[evelyn o bentley]

A female patient has come to the STD clinic and has been diagnosed with a Trichomonas vaginalis infection. What education should be provided to this patient?
 
  a. Male partners should always be treated, even if they are asymptomatic.
  b. The applicator for the vaginal gel should be washed after each application.
  c. The infection is not completely eliminated with the medication.
  d. The medication should be taken twice daily for 2 weeks.

Question 2

A newborn infant has been given erythromycin ophthalmic ointment as a routine postpartum medication. The infant's mother learns that she has a C. trachomatis infection and asks the nurse if her baby will need to be treated.
 
  Which response by the nurse is correct? a. The erythromycin ointment will prevent your baby from developing conjunctivi-tis.
  b. Without additional treatment, your baby could develop blindness.
  c. Your baby will need to be treated with oral erythromycin.
  d. Your baby will need to take doxycycline Vibramycin for 10 days.

Question 3

A patient is admitted to the hospital with fever, headache, malaise, joint pain, and enlarged lymph nodes. Blood cultures are positive for Treponema pallidum. The nurse recognizes this as which type of syphilis?
 
  a. Congenital
  b. Primary
  c. Secondary
  d. Tertiary

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Answer to Question 1

A
The most important information the nurse can provide is that male partners should always be treated, even if they are asymptomatic. Gels are not indicated for T. vaginalis; oral medications are. T. vaginalis infection can be easily treated with a single dose of metronidazole or tinidazole. Both medications are given as a single dose.

Answer to Question 2

Thank you soo much

Answer to Question 3

I can not tell you how much you just made me happyTHX. You rock

[evelyn o bentley]

Thanks

[makaylafy]

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