A male student is seen in the campus clinic. He complains of painful scrotal edema, nausea, vomiting, chills, and fever. The nurse interprets these symptoms as being associated with:
1. orchitis.
2. epididymitis.
3. urethritis.
4. cystitis.
2
Signs and symptoms of epididymitis are painful scrotal edema, nausea, vomiting, chills, and fever.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 1087
OBJ: 2 TOP: Epididymitis
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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