Upon vaginal examination of a 30-year-old woman, the nurse documents the following findings: profuse, thin grayish white vaginal discharge with a "fishy" odor; complaints of pruritus
Based on these findings, the nurse suspects that this woman has: 1. bacterial vaginosis.
2. candidiasis.
3. trichomoniasis.
4. gonorrhea.
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1. Correct. Most women with BV complain of a characteristic "fishy odor.". Discharge is usually profuse—thin and white, gray, or milky in appearance. Some women also may have mild irritation or pruritus.
2. Incorrect. Discharge associated with candidiasis is thick, white, lumpy, and cottage cheese–like.
3. Incorrect. Trichomoniasis may be asymptomatic but women have characteristically yel-lowish to greenish, frothy, mucopurulent, copious, malodorous discharge.
4. Incorrect. Women with gonorrhea are often asymptomatic. They may have a purulent endocervical discharge, but it is usually minimal or absent.
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