A student nurse is doing clinical hours at an OB/GYN clinic. The student is helping to develop a plan of care for a patient with gonorrhea has presented at the clinic
The student knows that the care plan for this patient should be include what in the treatment of gonorrhea?
A) Radiation therapy to destroy cancerous cells
B) Avoid use of tampons
C) Vaginal smear
D) The patient should also be treated for chlamydia
Ans: D
Feedback: Because of the high incidence of coinfection with chlamydia and gonorrhea, treatment for gonorrhea should also include treatment for chlamydia. One cause of cervicitis is chlamydia. A management strategy used in the treatment of chlamydia is a cytologic examination of cervical smear. Avoiding the use of tampons is part of the self-care management of a patient with possible toxic shock syndrome (TSS). Gonorhhea is considered a sexually transmitted disease (STD), not a carcinoma.
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