STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections)

Nurse is teaching pt with genital herpes. Education for this client should include explanation of :

importance of

informing his partners of disease

Nurse is teaching health

class to group of pt likely to be at highest risk for gonorrhea. What is the age range of the clients?

15 to 24 years

Within free clinic where you practice nursing, you hold weekly sexual education classes open to public. Within classroom, you communicate CDC's numbers for incidence of STIs & their impact upon public health. Which is fastest-spreading bacterial STI in USA?

Chlamydia

16 y/o comes to free clinic and is

diagnosed with primary syphilis. Pt states that she contracted this disease by holding hands with someone who has syphilis. What is the most appropriate nursing

diagnosis?

Knowledge deficit related to modes of transmission

Katrina Sterrett, 26 y/o preschool teacher, is seen by physician who is part of internist group where you practice nursing. She’s undergoing her annual physical & having many lab tests done as condition of her employment & upcoming wedding. She’s returning for her results & devastated to learn that she has STI, gonorrhea. What would contribute to her ignorance of her condition?

Being asymptomatic

Nurse is caring for pt diagnosed with chlamydia infection. Nurse teaches pt about disease transmission & advises pt to inform his sexual partners of the infection. Pt refuses, stating, "This is my business and I'm not telling anyone. Beside, chlamydia doesn't cause any harm like other STDs”. How should nurse proceed?

Educate pt about why it's important to inform sexual contacts so they can receive treatment

22 y/o presented to her primary

care provider for her scheduled Pap Smear. Abnormal results of diagnostic test may imply infection with:

HPV