FEMALE GENETALIA

1. The nurse is taking a menstrual history. What would be an appropriate question to ask?
A. Do you have any history of cancer in your family?
B. Do you ever skip periods?
C. Do you use condoms during intercourse?
D. How many sexual partners have you had?

2. The nurse is inspecting the urethra and the Skene glands. She knows these are a part of
what area?
A. Mons pubis
B. Vulva
C. Posterior fourchette
D. Vestibule

3. A Pap smear is recommended to screen for what condition?

A. Cervical cancer
B. Ovarian cancer
C. Endometrial cancer
D. Vaginal cancer

4. After completing a history on a 45-year-old patient, the nurse suspects the patient may
have uterine fibroids. What information might have led her to this conclusion?
A. History of STIs
B. History of multiple births
C. Vaginal discharge
D. Heavier than usual menstrual periods
5. The practitioner has decided to place a patient on isotretinoin for her acne problems. The
nurse is preparing to counsel the patient. What is the most important information she needs to
tell the patient?
A. She needs to take the medication daily and avoid missing a dose.
B. She should not take this medication with antibiotics.
C. She needs to use two forms of birth control or abstain from sex 1 month before, during,
and 1 month after taking this medication.
D. She needs to take a weekly pregnancy test to make sure she has not gotten pregnant while
on this medication.

6. Which of the following organisms is associated with salpingitis?

A. Trichinella spiralis
B. Chlamydia trachomatis
C. Candida albicans
D. Condyloma acuminatum

7. The nurse is preparing the patient for her genital examination. What position will the nurse
assist the patient into for a comfortable genital examination?
A. Semi-Fowler
B. Prone with her knees bent
C. Supine with her knees bent
D. Semi-lithotomy

8. One of the guests at a health promotion fair asks the nurse, “What is the greatest killer of
women?” The nurse knows by current evidence that it is
A. cardiovascular disease.
B. lung cancer.
C. breast cancer.
D. osteoporosis.
9. The nurse practitioner is assessing a patient with frequent candidiasis. The test that the
nurse will order for this patient is
A. cultures for chlamydia.
B. a blood test for glucose.
C. a blood test for syphilis.
D. a vaginal ultrasound.

10. Upon inspection, the nurse sees flesh-coloured lesions surrounding the anal area. These
lesions most likely indicate
A. haemorrhoids.
B. herpes simplex virus 2.
C. AIDS.
D. condyloma acuminatum infection.