A patient in the sexually transmitted infection (STI)clinic tells the nurse that she is concerned she may have been exposed to gonorrhea. To determine whether the patient has gonorrhea,the nurse will plan to

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NAAT has a high sensitivity (similar to a culture)for gonorrhea. Because women have few symptoms of gonorrhea,asking the patient about symptoms may not be helpful in making a diagnosis. Smears and Gram staining are not useful because the female genitourinary tract has many normal flora that resemble Neisseria gonorrhoeae. RPR testing is used to detect syphilis.

A Patient in the Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)clinic Tells the Nurse