The nurse is caring for a pregnant female client who is infected with Chlamydia trachomatis. The nurse should explain the importance of treatment because:
1. if left untreated, the infection causes renal failure.
2. the infection will affect the fetus.
3. the infection can cause Reiter's syndrome.
4. the infection is not contagious.
Answer: 2
1. Left untreated, chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
2. Chlamydia causes blindness or pneumonia in the newborn.
3. Reiter's syndrome is a complication experienced by men.
4. The infection is contagious.
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a. the development of a data collection plan. b. determination of the average LOS. c. determination of the average wages. d. determination of the ethnicity of admis-sions.
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