System Disorder Template Gonorrhea

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ACTIVE LEARNING TEMPLATE: System Disorder STUDENT NAME _____________________________________ Gonorrhea DISORDER/DISEASE PROCESS __________________________________________________________ Alterations in Health (Diagnosis) Pathophysiology Related to Client Problem Neisseria Gonorrhea bacteria Gonorrhea REVIEW MODULE CHAPTER ___________ Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Get checked by HCP - Know who you keep relations with ASSESSMENT SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS Risk Factors Expected Findings Transmission can occur vaginally, rectally, orally, via contact with other mucous membranes, or through contact with blood and body fluids. Men may be asymptomatic. Laboratory Tests Culture Men - Urethritis - Discharge - Epididymitis Women - MPC and PID - Urethritis - Menstrual problems Newborns: - ophthalmia neonatorum can result in blindness Diagnostic Procedures NAAT PATIENT-CENTERED CARE Nursing Care - Use caution with penicillin allergies or renal or hepatic dysfunction Therapeutic Procedures Treatment is done by using antibiotics. Also recommended to get treatment for Chlamydia; coinfection is possible. - Use condoms - Practice safe sex Complications Medications Cephalosporin Antibiotics Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment Antibiotic eye drops for infant Client Education Avoid excess sun exposure Interprofessional Care - Oncologist PID, disseminated gonococcal infection, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, transmission to baby at birth, coinfection w/ chlamydia