NSG 6430 Week 6 Knowledge Check

1. Lichen sclerosis is a benign, chronic, progressive disease of the skin in which the most common symptom …..by the patient is: 1. Symptoms: inflammation, epithelial thinning, distinctive dermal changes. 2. Figure-eight formation surrounds vulva and perianal area. 2. The nurse practitioner educates a patient recently diagnosed with a functional ovarian cyst that it will resolve within: 1. Most functional cysts resolve within 3 months 3. A patient presents with intense pelvic pain that is less than three months’ duration. The correct term for this type of pain is: 1. Acute pelvic pain: pain in pelvis or lower abdomen and is of less than three months’ duration. 4. The nurse practitioner student was ….to use the mnemonic “OLD CAARTS” when performing a pain history on a patient. What does the “S” stand for? 1. For pain history, use mnemonic OLD CAARTS: 2. O = Onset 3. L = Location 4. D = Duration 5. C = Characteristics 6. A = Alleviating or aggravating factors 7. A = Associated symptoms 8. R = Radiation 9. T = Temporal 10. S = Severity 5. Janice is being evaluate due to her complaint of chronic pelvic pain. The nurse practitioner informs her that one of the most common gynecological-related causes of chronic pelvic pain is: 1. The most frequent causal findings on laparoscopy for CPP are endometriosis (33%), adhesions (24%), and absence of pathologic condition (35%).