Fast Facts About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

A Nurse’s Guide to Expert Patient Care

Scannell
Springer Publishing
168 pages
ISBN-13: 9780826184863
August 2020

This is the first book to provide practical and accessible guidance for frontline nurses in the delivery of effective, compassionate care to patients with STIs. With a focus on these infections as a growing global-health problem, this book helps facilitate early identification, treatment, and prevention, including counseling and behavioral interventions. This guide reviews common sexually transmitted diseases in depth, providing epidemiology, risk factors, signs and symptoms, long-term sequelae, disease transmission, diagnosis, and recommended treatment.