A Female Client with an Anal Gonorrheal Infection Experiences Painful

question 13

Multiple Choice

A female client with an anal gonorrheal infection experiences painful bowel elimination and a purulent rectal discharge. The nurse would expect to find which of the following once the microorganism disseminates throughout the body?

• A) Painful joints
• B) Sore throat
• C) Intermenstrual bleeding
• D) Painful urination

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Definitions:

Formal Operational

The stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals gain the ability to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.

Concrete Operational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development during which children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Preoperational

A stage in Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory during which children from ages 2 to 7 engage in symbolic play and struggle with taking the perspective of others.

Postformal

A stage of cognitive development beyond formal operational thought, where individuals can understand and integrate conflicting ideas, abstract reasoning, and situational flexibility.