The home health nurse, on a visit to administer the fifth in a series of 10 antibiotic doses, is told that the patient is now complaining about a bothersome vaginal discharge
The nurse will communicate the problem to arrange for medication and teaches the patient that this condition is probably the result of: 1. poor genital hygiene—not changing underwear often enough.
2. allergy to the soap, or soap products, used in the area.
3. superinfection response to the antibiotic.
4. sexual contact with another infected person.
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Antibiotics frequently wipe out "good" bacteria and cause other bacteria to overgrow, caus-ing the vaginitis.
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