Chapter 55: Sexually Transmitted Infections
Linton: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What instruction should be included by a health educator giving a presentation on how to
use condoms correctly?
a. Condoms are 100% effective when used correctly:
b. The effectiveness of condoms deteriorates in heat:
c. Any style and material of condom is safe to use:
d. Use of petroleum jelly will ease application:
ANS: B
Protect condoms from heat and sunlight to keep them from deteriorating:
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p: 1098 OBJ: 9
TOP: Condoms KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Prevention and Early
Detection of Disease
2. A nurse asks a patient to repeat the instructions to evaluate her knowledge about safe sex
practices: Which statement indicates an understanding?
a. “Body massage would be considered safe:”
b. “Mutual open-mouth kissing is safe:”
c. “Vaginal intercourse with a properly used condom is safe:”
d. “Anal sex with a condom made of latex is a safe sex practice:”
ANS: A
Body massage is considered a safe sex practice:
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p: 1097 OBJ: 9
TOP: Safety of Various Sexual Practices KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Evaluation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Prevention and Early
, Detection of Disease
3. A female patient, newly diagnosed with gonorrhea, screams, “I am going to kill my
husband: I mean it:” What is the nurse’s best response?
a. “Are you sure it is your husband who gave you gonorrhea?”
b. “Yikes! Killing your spouse seems extreme:”
c. “Shall I report your spouse as a sexual contact?”
d. “I can understand your anger: How best can you deal with it?”
ANS: D
Provide an opportunity to talk: Help the patient focus on the source of anxiety with
the use of open-ended questions:
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p: 1096 OBJ: 9
TOP: STI Implementations KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Coping and Adaptation
4. What is characteristic of the primary stage syphilis?
a. Chancre
b. Alopecia
c. Pruritus
d. Dry skin
ANS: A
A typical lesion, a chancre, is the first sign of syphilis:
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p: 1088 OBJ: 4
TOP: Syphilis KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
5. What does diagnosis with the human papilloma virus (HPV) increase a person’s risk for?
a. Uterine fibroids
b. Chronic vaginitis
c. Premature menopause
d. Cervical cancer
Linton: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What instruction should be included by a health educator giving a presentation on how to
use condoms correctly?
a. Condoms are 100% effective when used correctly:
b. The effectiveness of condoms deteriorates in heat:
c. Any style and material of condom is safe to use:
d. Use of petroleum jelly will ease application:
ANS: B
Protect condoms from heat and sunlight to keep them from deteriorating:
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p: 1098 OBJ: 9
TOP: Condoms KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Prevention and Early
Detection of Disease
2. A nurse asks a patient to repeat the instructions to evaluate her knowledge about safe sex
practices: Which statement indicates an understanding?
a. “Body massage would be considered safe:”
b. “Mutual open-mouth kissing is safe:”
c. “Vaginal intercourse with a properly used condom is safe:”
d. “Anal sex with a condom made of latex is a safe sex practice:”
ANS: A
Body massage is considered a safe sex practice:
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p: 1097 OBJ: 9
TOP: Safety of Various Sexual Practices KEY: Nursing Process Step:
Evaluation
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Prevention and Early
, Detection of Disease
3. A female patient, newly diagnosed with gonorrhea, screams, “I am going to kill my
husband: I mean it:” What is the nurse’s best response?
a. “Are you sure it is your husband who gave you gonorrhea?”
b. “Yikes! Killing your spouse seems extreme:”
c. “Shall I report your spouse as a sexual contact?”
d. “I can understand your anger: How best can you deal with it?”
ANS: D
Provide an opportunity to talk: Help the patient focus on the source of anxiety with
the use of open-ended questions:
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p: 1096 OBJ: 9
TOP: STI Implementations KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Coping and Adaptation
4. What is characteristic of the primary stage syphilis?
a. Chancre
b. Alopecia
c. Pruritus
d. Dry skin
ANS: A
A typical lesion, a chancre, is the first sign of syphilis:
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p: 1088 OBJ: 4
TOP: Syphilis KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
5. What does diagnosis with the human papilloma virus (HPV) increase a person’s risk for?
a. Uterine fibroids
b. Chronic vaginitis
c. Premature menopause
d. Cervical cancer
