NURS 316- Pharm Text Book Quiz Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 316
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NUR 316
Chapter 13 To ensure effective treatment of pinworm infections, which instruction would be most important to emphasize to the patient and family? a. Keeping nails long so cutting will not introduce more infection b. Laundering undergarments, bed linens, and pajamas every day c. Boiling all drinking...
NURS 316- Pharm Text Book Quiz
Questions and Correct Answers
Chapter 13
To ensure effective treatment of pinworm infections, which instruction would be most
important to emphasize to the patient and family?
a. Keeping nails long so cutting will not introduce more infection
b. Laundering undergarments, bed linens, and pajamas every day
c. Boiling all drinking water
d. Maintaining a clear liquid diet for at least 7 to 10 days ✅1. b
Which of the following would the nurse expect to assess in a patient who is suspected
of having an Ascaris infection?
a. Cough and signs of pulmonary infestation
b. Cardiac arrhythmias and low blood pressure
c. Seizures and disorientation
d. Bloody diarrhea and excessive vomiting ✅2. a
The nurse describes schistosomiasis to a group of students as an infection caused by
a. a protozoan carried by a mosquito.
b. improperly cooked pork.
c. a fluke carried by a snail.
d. eating food contaminated by fecal material. ✅3. c
A patient has traveled to Egypt and come home with schistosomiasis. The family is very
concerned about spreading the disease. Which information would be most helpful to
teach the family?
a. Strict hand washing will stop the spread of the disease.
b. Isolating the patient will be necessary to stop the spread of the disease.
c. Carefully cooking all of the patient's food will help to stop the spread of the disease.
d. The snail needed for the life cycle of this worm does not live in this climate. ✅4. d
A patient is prescribed mebendazole. The nurse knows that this is the most commonly
used anthelmintic, being the drug of choice for treating
a. pinworms, roundworms, whipworms, and hookworms.
b. trichinosis, flukes, cestodes, and hookworms.
c. pork tapeworm, threadworms, cestodes, and whipworms.
d. all stages of schistosomal infections. ✅5. a
Patient teaching regarding the use of anthelmintics should include counseling about
a. the use of oral contraceptives.
b. maintenance of nutrition during therapy.
c. the use of oral anticoagulants.
,d. cardiac drug effects. ✅6. b
. Patients may experience anxiety about the diagnosis and treatment of helminthic
infections. Teaching may help to alleviate this anxiety and should include
a. what they may experience if the worms are passed from the body.
b. focus on the cleanliness of the home.
c. measures to isolate the organism in the home.
d. criticism of their personal hygiene practices. ✅7. a
Select all that apply.
1. An adult client is being treated with mebendazole for a pinworm infection. Appropriate
nursing diagnoses that might apply to this patient would include
a. Disturbed personal identity related to treatment.
b. Abdominal distention related to worm infestation.
c. Acute pain related to GI effects.
d. Risk for social isolation related to quarantine conditions.
e. Impaired physical mobility related to muscle infestation.
f. Deficient knowledge related to drug therapy. ✅1. a, c, f
Chapter 12
After a group of students is taught about protozoal infections, which infection, if stated
by the group as caused by an insect bite, would indicate the need for additional
teaching?
a. Malaria
b. Trypanosomiasis
c. Leishmaniasis
d. Giardiasis ✅1. d
When describing the development of malaria caused by the Plasmodium protozoan the
instructor would explain that the organism depends on
a. a snail to act as intermediary in the life cycle of the protozoan.
b. a mosquito and a red blood cell for maturation.
c. a human liver cell for cell division and reproduction.
d. stagnant water for maturation. ✅2. b
A patient who is receiving a combination drug to treat malaria asks the nurse why. The
nurse responds to the patient based on the understanding that combination drugs are
a. associated with a much lower degree of toxicity when used in combination.
b. absorbed more completely when administered and taken together.
c. more effective in preventing mosquitoes from biting the individual.
d. effective at various stages in the life cycle of the protozoan. ✅3. d
A patient traveling to an area of the world where malaria is known to be endemic should
be taught to
a. avoid drinking the water.
, b. begin prophylactic antimalarial therapy before traveling and continue it through the
visit and for 4 weeks after the visit.
c. take a supply of antimalarial drugs in case he or she gets a mosquito bite.
d. begin prophylactic antimalarial therapy 2 weeks before traveling and stop the drugs
on arriving at the destination. ✅4. b
Amebiasis or amebic dysentery
a. is seen only in Third World countries.
b. is caused by a protozoan that enters the body through an insect bite.
c. is caused by a protozoan that can enter the body in the cyst stage in water or food.
d. usually has no signs and symptoms. ✅5. c
Giardiasis is the most common intestinal parasite seen in the United States, and it
a. does not respond to drug therapy.
b. can invade the liver and cause death.
c. is seen only in areas with no sanitation.
d. is associated with rotten egg-smelling stool, diarrhea, and mucus-filled stool. ✅6. d
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia is
a. an endemic fungus found in the human respiratory system.
b. responsive to inhaled pentamidine.
c. an opportunistic bacterial infection.
d. frequently associated with children in day care settings ✅7. c
Trypanosomiasis may assume which of the following two different forms?
a. African sleeping sickness and Chagas disease
b. Elephantiasis and malaria
c. Dysentery and African sleeping sickness
d. Malaria and Chagas disease ✅8. a
A nurse would note that a patient had a good understanding of his antimalarial drug
regimen if the patient reported,
a. "I keep these pills with me at all times while I'm away and take them only when I have
been bitten by a mosquito."
b. "I will need to start these pills now and then continue to take them every day for the
rest of my life."
c. "I'll start the pills before my trip, keep taking them during the trip, and for a period of
time after I'm home."
d. "I start taking these pills as soon as I arrive at my vacation destination, but before I
get off the plane." ✅9. c
Select all that apply.
1. A mother calls in concerned that her son, a college freshman, has been diagnosed
with giardiasis. The nurse would respond to the mother's concerns by telling her which
of the following?
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