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