Question: Your Client Is A 17-year-old Male Presenting To The Clinic With Complaints Of Penile Discharge. He States He Has Had About Three Different Partners That Include Both Males And Females. He Admits To Oral, Anal, And Vaginal Sex. Upon Assessment, The Nurse Notes Swelling In One Testicle And Yellowish Drainage At The Tip Of The Penis In Which Is Cultured. …

Your client is a 17-year-old male presenting to the clinic with complaints of penile discharge. He states he has had about three different partners that include both males and females. He admits to oral, anal, and vaginal sex. Upon assessment, the nurse notes swelling in one testicle and yellowish drainage at the tip of the penis in which is cultured. The client is diagnosed with gonorrhea. See below this week’s discussion questions you will include for this client. Use the 5 P’s approach (you learned in chapter 50) in obtaining a sexual history that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends. What questions will you ask this client? What are the causes, symptoms, treatment, and complications of your assigned STI? How is it diagnosed? What is the incubation period for this infection? What type of teaching will you include for this client? The client asks you if it is treatable? What would you say to your client?