The nurse is interviewing a 16-year-old client who has been using deodorant tampons during her menses. She comes into the gynecology office complaining of a rash and open sores on her labia and tenderness in the vagina

After obtaining her history, what will the nurse determine is the most likely cause of this client's problem? 1. She had forceful intercourse, which caused the trauma.
2. She is reacting to the deodorant in the tampon.
3. She might be allergic to the underwear she is wearing.
4. She is having a normal reaction to her menses.


2
Explanation: 2. This is the correct answer, as women often will react to the deodorant used on pads and tampons.

Nursing

You might also like to view...

The nurse practice act is the federal law that defines ethical nursing practice

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Nursing

Which question would help the nurse assess feminist issues governing the availability of healing

options for a woman of a culture with an Eastern interdependent worldview? a. "What does someone of your culture call this illness?" b. "How does someone with this illness usually behave?" c. "How does being a woman affect someone with this illness?" d. "How do people of your culture express dislike or displeasure?"

Nursing

The nurse would include in the information given to a patient who is using topical eye medications to:

1. look upward and drop medication into the inner canthus. 2. pull the lower lid down and drop the medication into the conjunctival sac. 3. hold both lids open and drop medication onto the sclera. 4. tilt the head to the side and drop the medication into the outer canthus.

Nursing

A polyunsaturated fatty acid is a fatty acid with _____ bond(s) on the carbon chain

a. one double b. no double c. oxidized d. two or more double

Nursing