NSG120 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
●● Gonorrhea
Answer: 2nd most common STI; infxn of urinary tract.
asymptomatic, purulent discharge, dysuria
Males: prostatitis, epididymitits.
Females: PID and infertility, conjunctivitis in neonates
●● Trichomoniasis s/s
Answer: Protozoal infxn--vaginal in women and urethral in men.
- asymptomatic
- urethritis, dysuria and itching, women: discharge
●● Chlamydia treatment and prevention
Answer: Treatment: Azithromycin and other antibiotics
,Prevention: Safe sex and absitnence
●● Gonorrhea treatment and prevention
Answer: Treatment: Antibacterial drugs (penicillin or ceftriaxone +
doxycycline) Some drug-resistant strains Retest for eradication
-Ophthalmia neonatorum prevented by prophylactic treatment of eyes of
all newborns within 1 hour
-Required by law in U.S.
●● Trichomoniasis treatment
Answer: Metronidazole (Flagyl)
●● Gonorrhea prognosis
Answer: Good with prompt diagnosis and treatment.
●● chlamydia prognosis
Answer: -good with early treatment
-if untreated: PID, infertility in females; epididymitis in males, sterility
in both
●● endometriosis
,Answer: a condition in which patches of endometrial tissue escape the
uterus and become attached to other structures in the pelvic cavity
●● Endometriosis Signs and Symptoms
Answer: Dysmenorrhea with pain in lower back and vagina.
Infertility
Severity of pain is not indicative of extent of the disease.
Dyspareunia, dysuria, and sometimes painful defecation.
●● breast cancer prevention
Answer: diet, exercise, maintaining healthy body weight, pregnancy and
breastfeeding decisions, routine screenings--esp for women with a
family history
●● Hormones and Menstrual Cycle
Answer: - After menses, FSH is secreted and causes ovarian follicle to
mature. The follicle secretes estrogen, which thickens uterine lining.
•Mid-way through the cycle, LH levels greatly increase and cause
ovulation
, •The ovarian follicle increases progesterone production to help the
uterus to prepare for a potential implantation of a fertilized ovum.
•If no fertilization, estrogen and progesterone levels drop and the uterine
lining degenerates, resulting in menstruation.
●● Cancer of the prostate
Answer: Leading cancer in older males; A hard area on the prostate or
hard, fixed, irregular nodules on the prostate suggest cancer. The median
sulcus may not be palpable.
●● S/S of prostate cancer
Answer: initally asymptomatic.
urinary obstuction-blood in urine or semen, painful ejaculation
symptoms are similar to BPH
●● benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
Answer: enlargement of the prostate gland. More common in older
males
●● BPH s/s
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
●● Gonorrhea
Answer: 2nd most common STI; infxn of urinary tract.
asymptomatic, purulent discharge, dysuria
Males: prostatitis, epididymitits.
Females: PID and infertility, conjunctivitis in neonates
●● Trichomoniasis s/s
Answer: Protozoal infxn--vaginal in women and urethral in men.
- asymptomatic
- urethritis, dysuria and itching, women: discharge
●● Chlamydia treatment and prevention
Answer: Treatment: Azithromycin and other antibiotics
,Prevention: Safe sex and absitnence
●● Gonorrhea treatment and prevention
Answer: Treatment: Antibacterial drugs (penicillin or ceftriaxone +
doxycycline) Some drug-resistant strains Retest for eradication
-Ophthalmia neonatorum prevented by prophylactic treatment of eyes of
all newborns within 1 hour
-Required by law in U.S.
●● Trichomoniasis treatment
Answer: Metronidazole (Flagyl)
●● Gonorrhea prognosis
Answer: Good with prompt diagnosis and treatment.
●● chlamydia prognosis
Answer: -good with early treatment
-if untreated: PID, infertility in females; epididymitis in males, sterility
in both
●● endometriosis
,Answer: a condition in which patches of endometrial tissue escape the
uterus and become attached to other structures in the pelvic cavity
●● Endometriosis Signs and Symptoms
Answer: Dysmenorrhea with pain in lower back and vagina.
Infertility
Severity of pain is not indicative of extent of the disease.
Dyspareunia, dysuria, and sometimes painful defecation.
●● breast cancer prevention
Answer: diet, exercise, maintaining healthy body weight, pregnancy and
breastfeeding decisions, routine screenings--esp for women with a
family history
●● Hormones and Menstrual Cycle
Answer: - After menses, FSH is secreted and causes ovarian follicle to
mature. The follicle secretes estrogen, which thickens uterine lining.
•Mid-way through the cycle, LH levels greatly increase and cause
ovulation
, •The ovarian follicle increases progesterone production to help the
uterus to prepare for a potential implantation of a fertilized ovum.
•If no fertilization, estrogen and progesterone levels drop and the uterine
lining degenerates, resulting in menstruation.
●● Cancer of the prostate
Answer: Leading cancer in older males; A hard area on the prostate or
hard, fixed, irregular nodules on the prostate suggest cancer. The median
sulcus may not be palpable.
●● S/S of prostate cancer
Answer: initally asymptomatic.
urinary obstuction-blood in urine or semen, painful ejaculation
symptoms are similar to BPH
●● benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
Answer: enlargement of the prostate gland. More common in older
males
●● BPH s/s
