The nurse is counseling a client who has recently been diagnosed with syphilis. Which is the highest priority instruction that the nurse provides to the client regarding sexual partners?
a. "As long as both of you are being treated, abstinence is not necessary."
b. "If you both have the same disease, you can continue to have sex."
c. "Your partner must be treated with anti-biotics within the next 90 days."
d. "Once the health department gets your partner's name, confidentiality is not con-sidered to be important."
C
Once a client has been diagnosed with syphilis, his or her partner must be prophylactically treated as soon as possible, preferably within the next 90 days. Sexual abstinence is required of both partners until they complete treatment. Although the disease will be reported to the local health department, all information will be held in strictest confidence.
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