1|P age
NR 566 MIDTERM EXAM 2 LATEST
VERSIONS 2026-2027 / NR566 MIDTERM
EXAM REVIEW /LATEST ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY FOR CARE OF
FAMILY|AGRADE
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Common
Pathogens >>correct answer >> -S.
Pneumoniae
-Mycoplasma spp.
-H. Influenzae
-Staphylococcus aureus
Community Acquired Pneumonia - 1st line
treatment for previously healthy adults and what
to give if 1st drug didn't work? >>correct
,2|P age
answer >> 1st line: Amoxicillin, doxycycline
and macrolide (Azithromycin)
Second choice: Levaquin (Fluroquinolones)
Treatment for M. Pneumoniae in pediatric
patients? >>correct answer >> Macrolides:
Azithromycin, Erythromycin, Clarithromycin
Treatment of community acquired pneumonia in
pregnancy >>correct answer >> Amoxicillin,
cephalosporins, or erythromycin
If someone has been treated w/ an antibiotic in
the previous 90 days of contracting CAP, a
quinolone would be prudent choice to prescribe.
Be familiar with drug examples w/n the
antibiotic class >>correct answer >>
"floxacin"
Genifloxacin
,3|P age
Ciprofloxacin
Treatment of chlamydial pneumonia in an
infant? >>correct answer >> Erythromycin
12.5 mg/kg PO QID x 14 days
When to use a broad-spectrum anitbiotic?
>>correct answer >> -before cultures result
-critically ill patient
-empiric therapy
-pathogen is unknown or multiple types of
bacteria suspected
-Gram + cocci and Gram - Bacilli
Narrow-spectrum antibiotics >>correct answer
>> -active against only a few species of
microogranisms
-used when pathogen is known
, 4|P age
-reduces risk of disruption of normal flora and
development of antibiotic resistance
-preferred when possible
-Gram + cocci, Gram - bacilli, gram - aerobes,
mycobacterium TB
Empiric antibiotics - What are they? >>correct
answer >> Broad spectrum antibiotics
-Ciprofloxacin, timethoprim/sulfamethoxazole,
Amoxicillin
When to prescribed empiric antibiotics
>>correct answer >> -patient has severe
infection
-before test results are available
-based on clinical evaluation and knowledge of
microbes that are most likely causing the
infection
NR 566 MIDTERM EXAM 2 LATEST
VERSIONS 2026-2027 / NR566 MIDTERM
EXAM REVIEW /LATEST ADVANCED
PHARMACOLOGY FOR CARE OF
FAMILY|AGRADE
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Common
Pathogens >>correct answer >> -S.
Pneumoniae
-Mycoplasma spp.
-H. Influenzae
-Staphylococcus aureus
Community Acquired Pneumonia - 1st line
treatment for previously healthy adults and what
to give if 1st drug didn't work? >>correct
,2|P age
answer >> 1st line: Amoxicillin, doxycycline
and macrolide (Azithromycin)
Second choice: Levaquin (Fluroquinolones)
Treatment for M. Pneumoniae in pediatric
patients? >>correct answer >> Macrolides:
Azithromycin, Erythromycin, Clarithromycin
Treatment of community acquired pneumonia in
pregnancy >>correct answer >> Amoxicillin,
cephalosporins, or erythromycin
If someone has been treated w/ an antibiotic in
the previous 90 days of contracting CAP, a
quinolone would be prudent choice to prescribe.
Be familiar with drug examples w/n the
antibiotic class >>correct answer >>
"floxacin"
Genifloxacin
,3|P age
Ciprofloxacin
Treatment of chlamydial pneumonia in an
infant? >>correct answer >> Erythromycin
12.5 mg/kg PO QID x 14 days
When to use a broad-spectrum anitbiotic?
>>correct answer >> -before cultures result
-critically ill patient
-empiric therapy
-pathogen is unknown or multiple types of
bacteria suspected
-Gram + cocci and Gram - Bacilli
Narrow-spectrum antibiotics >>correct answer
>> -active against only a few species of
microogranisms
-used when pathogen is known
, 4|P age
-reduces risk of disruption of normal flora and
development of antibiotic resistance
-preferred when possible
-Gram + cocci, Gram - bacilli, gram - aerobes,
mycobacterium TB
Empiric antibiotics - What are they? >>correct
answer >> Broad spectrum antibiotics
-Ciprofloxacin, timethoprim/sulfamethoxazole,
Amoxicillin
When to prescribed empiric antibiotics
>>correct answer >> -patient has severe
infection
-before test results are available
-based on clinical evaluation and knowledge of
microbes that are most likely causing the
infection
