When the female patient who is newly diagnosed with gonorrhea screams, "I am going to kill my husband. I mean it." The nurse's best response would be:
1. "Are you sure it is your husband who gave you gonorrhea?"
2. "Yikes! Killing your spouse seems extreme."
3. "Shall I report your spouse as a sexual contact?"
4. "I can understand your anger. How best can you deal with it?"
4
Provide an opportunity to talk. Help the patient focus on the source of anxiety with the use of open-ended questions.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1119
OBJ: 6 TOP: STI Implementations
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
# 18. Primary stage syphilis is characterized by:
1. a chancre.
2. alopecia.
3. pruritus.
4. dry skin.
1
A typical lesion, a chancre, is the first sign of syphilis.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 1111, Table 49-3
OBJ: 8 TOP: Syphilis KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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