Evaluating a college student's urethritis.

Nurse Pract

Annemarie Sipkes Donato is an assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing, Charleston, S.C. Catherine Durham is an instructor, Lead AGNP/FNP Faculty, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C. Ruth Conner is an assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing, Charleston, S.C.

Published: June 2016

Gonorrhea is the second most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) after chlamydia. After a significant decrease from 1975 to 2009, trends reveal that gonorrhea is on the rise. NPs need to review the latest CDC guidelines regarding STIs, as treatment guidelines are regularly changing.

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