A 16-year-old girl seen in the student health clinic has been diagnosed with Trichomonas vaginalis and given medication for the infection. What should a nurse explains about treatment of the girl's sexual partner?
a. He will require a 1-day treatment with the same drug.
b. He will not develop the infection or re-quire treatment.
c. He will be treated, although he is asymp-tomatic.
d. He is required by law to be examined by a physician.
C
The woman's sexual partner(s) may be treated for some infections to avoid reinfection.
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A) Tend to be less formalized approach than organizational evidence-based practice. B) Must take organizational factors into account. C) Must take interpersonal factors into account. D) Triggers for an individual project include pressing clinical problems.