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Chapter 28: Peptides, Antimalarials, and
Anthelmintics
A child is being treated for pinworms, and the parent asks the nurse how to prevent spreading
this to other family members. What will the nurse tell the parent?
a. "Give your child baths every day."
b. "Obtain a daily stool specimen from your child."
c. "Change sheets, bedclothes, towels and underwear weekly."
d. "Your child should wash hands well before meals and after using the toilet." - ✔✔ANS: D

To prevent the spread of pinworms, good hand washing after toileting is recommended. Patients
should take showers, not baths. It is not necessary to get regular stool specimens. Sheets,
bedclothes, towels and underwear should ideally be changed daily.

A child is diagnosed with pinworms. Which anthelmintic drug will the provider likely order for this
child?
a. Bithionol (Bitin)
b. Diethylcarbamazine (Hetrazan)
c. Pyrantel pamoate (Pin Rid)
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d. Praziquantel (Biltricide) - ✔✔ANS: C

Pyrantel pamoate is used to treat pinworms. The other drugs treat other types of parasites.

A patient is preparing to travel to a country with prevalent malaria. To prevent contracting the disease,
the provider has ordered chloroquine HCl (Aralen). The nurse will instruct the patient to take this drug
according to which schedule?
a. 500 mg weekly beginning 2 weeks prior to travel and continuing for 8 weeks after travel
b. 1000 mg weekly beginning 2 weeks prior to travel and continuing for 8 weeks after travel
c. 500 mg once followed by 500 mg per dose in 6 hours, 24 hours, and 48 hours
d. 1000 mg once daily for 2 days followed by 500 mg daily for 2 to 3 weeks - ✔✔ANS: A

For malaria prophylaxis, chloroquine is started 2 weeks before entering an endemic area and then
continued for 8 weeks after leaving the area. The dose is 500 mg weekly. The dosing schedule of
1000 mg once daily for 2 days followed by 500 mg daily for 2 to 3 weeks is used to treat acute
malaria.

A patient is taking chloroquine (Aralen) to treat acute malaria. Which statement by the patient
indicates understanding of this medication?
a. "I should abstain from alcohol while taking this medication."


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