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NUR 2092 Pharmacology Ch 8 Anti-Infective Agents Exam Questions and Complete Solutions Graded A+
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NUR 2092 Pharmacology Ch 8 Anti-Infective Agents Exam Questions and
Complete Solutions Graded A+
The client has been taking her antibiotic for five days. She tells the nurse that she is now experiencing
vaginal itching and discharge. The nurse suspects what has occurred? - Answer: The client has developed
a superinfection.
When caring for infants and the elderly who are in need of an antimicrobial agent, the nurse is aware
that when compared with doses for young and middle-aged adults, these clients may require: - Answer:
a lower dose.
What is a major factor that influences whether an individual will acquire an infection? - Answer: The
person's ability to defend against invading microorganisms
A client's culture and sensitivity testing has confirmed the presence of an infection and the client has
been prescribed a bacteriostatic antibiotic. What should the nurse teach the client about this
medication? (Select all that apply.) - Answer: The drug interferes with the bacteria's ability to reproduce.
The drug has the potential to cure the infection.
The nurse administering an anti-infective agent recognizes that the drug will destroy some human cells
as well as pathogens because of the absence of: - Answer: selective toxicity.
What information about antibiotic therapy should the nurse include in a client's medication education? -
Answer: Maintenance of normal bacterial flora is essential to health during the therapy.
Although the numbers and virulence of microorganisms help determine whether a person acquires an
infection, another major factor is: - Answer: the host's ability to defend itself against the would-be
invaders.
After teaching a group of students about resistance, the instructor determines that the students need
additional teaching when they identify what as a way that microorganisms develop resistance? -
Answer: Production of a chemical to act as an agonist
, A nurse is aware that the concept of selective toxicity is foundational to antimicrobial therapy. Which
statement most accurately describes selective toxicity? - Answer: A drug harms microbes without
harming human cells.
Like many other classes of drugs, anti-infective drugs can have a variety of adverse effects. What is the
most common, potentially serious, adverse effect of antimicrobial drugs? - Answer: Toxic effects on the
kidney
A client is informed of a need for extensive dental surgery. The dentist prescribes a course of antibiotic
therapy before beginning the procedure and continuing for 5 days after the procedure. What is this is an
example of? - Answer: prophylaxis
What intervention is most important for the nurse to perform before antibiotic therapy is initiated? -
Answer: obtaining a specimen for culture and sensitivity
A client is to undergo extensive dental surgery. The dentist prescribes a course of antibiotics before
beginning the procedure and continuing for 5 days after the procedure. This is an example of: - Answer:
prophylaxis.
The client is taking an antibiotic for a urinary tract infection. The client asks how the antibiotic interferes
with the growth of bacteria. The nurse explains that the antibiotic has the ability to suppress or kill an
infecting microbe without injury to the host. This is referred to as: - Answer: selective toxicity.
The nurse is providing care for an older adult who has a urinary tract infection. What aspect of this
client's current health status should the nurse focus on when ensuring safe and effective antibiotic
therapy? - Answer: The client has a history of cirrhosis.
Which would be tested to determine parasitic sources of infection? - Answer: Stool
Administration of what type of antibiotic by the nurse would be most likely to cause a superinfection? -
Answer: broad spectrum
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