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Developing an instructional unit on toxic shock syndrome for adolescent girls.

Nationwide surveillance for toxic shock syndrome (TSS) by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that as of October 19, 1981, 44 percent of the cases of TSS that developed in menstruating women occurred in the 10 to 19-year age group. Although the risk of developing TSS is small, as determined by the CDC, a fatality rate of 7.8 percent is of great concern, considering previously healthy teenage girls and young women are affected. Nursing literature has devoted relatively little attention to providing adolescent girls with information about TSS. This paper examines current research pertaining to (a) the pathogenesis and treatment of TSS, (b) tampon usage patterns among adolescents, (c) female adolescent development and identity formation, and (d) adolescent health information-seeking behaviors, and utilizes this information as a basis for developing a teaching-learning unit on TSS for adolescent girls.