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NURS 5463 Exam Questions And 100% CorrectAnswers 2025-2026
Acute diarrhea - Answer symptoms less than 4 weeks
chronic diarrhea - Answer persistant symptoms for 4 weeks for greater
chronic diarrhea causes - Answer infectious, inflammatory, malabsorptive, and
malignant
evaluation of diarrhea includes - Answer infectious stool studies
endoscopy for chronic diarrhea
Bloating and gas may indicate - Answer small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
should be assessed in all older patients with diarrhea as they are particularly
susceptible to dehydration - Answer fluid status
should be obtained with recent antibiotic use - Answer c-difficile testing
fecal elastase - Answer assesses for pancreatic insufficiency-chronic diarrhea
fecal calprotectin - Answer as an intestinal inflammatory marker
serologic testing with tissue transglutaminase IgA antibody - Answer testing for celiac
disease
, breath testing - Answer small intestinal bacterial overgrowth-the sensitivity and
specificity of this test is poor
diarrhea related to tube feeding - Answer another important cause of acute and chronic
diarrhea
c-difficile is treated with-Answer oral vancomycin or fidaxomicin for 10 days as first line
failed first line treatment of c-difficile can be treated with-Answer fecal microbiota
transplantation (FMT)
small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is treated with -Answer abx- 14 days
cipro, flagyl, neomycin, and rifaximin
Biomarkers tend to become markedly elevated in the face of serious bacterial infections
- and normal levels may be useful in rapidly ruling out such a process. - Answer
procalcitonin
community acquired antibiotic for the lung - Answer ceftriaxone plus azithromycin
plus
vancomycin or linezolid
community acquired antibiotic for heart/intravascular catheter/unknown source -
Answer ceftriaxone plus vancomycin
community acquired antibiotic for intra-abdominal - Answer cefoxitin, ertapenem,
moxifoxacin, or ticarcillin/clavulanate OR
ceftriaxone plus metronidazole OR
cipro plus metronidazole
community acquired and hospital acquired antibiotic for skin and soft tissue - Answer
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