NU150- PHARMACOLOGY-TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED
A+)
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER - Answer CYSTITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND - Answer PROSTATITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY NEPHRONS - Answer PYELONEPHRITIS
ACTION OF URINARY TRACT ANTI-INFECTIVES - Answer RAPIDLY EXCRETED BY THE KIDNEYS
RESULTS IN HIGH CONCENTRATION IN THE URINE
BACTERIOSTATIC - Answer SLOWS OR RETARDS THE MULTIPLICATION OF BACTERIA
BACTERICIDAL IN URINARY TRACT - Answer DESTROYS THE BACTERIA IN THE URINE AS IT
TRAVELS THROUGH THE BLADDER
NITROFURANTOIN (MACRODANTIN) - Answer ANTI-INFECTIVE
PHENAZOPYRIDINE (PYRIDIUM) - Answer TOPICAL ANALGESIC
ADVERSE REACTION IN GI TRACT DUE TO UTI - Answer NAUSEA
VOMITING
DIARRHEA
ABDOMINAL PAIN
ANOREXIA
SYSTEMIC REACTIONS DUE TO UTI - Answer DROWSINESS
DIZZINESS
HEADACHE
BLURRED VISION
RASH
, PRURITIS
HIGH DOSES OF UTI ANTI-INFECTIVES MAY CAUSE: - Answer BURNING IN URINATION
BLADDER IRRITATION; SHOULD BE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE IF IT IS DUE TO MEDICATION OR
INFECTION
CONTRAINDICATIONS AND PRECAUTIONS OF UTI ANTI-INFECTIVES - Answer -USE CAUTIOUSLY
W/ RENAL OR LIVER IMPAIRMENT
-IF PT HAS KNOWN HYPERSENSITIVITY (ALLERGIC REACTION)
ASSESSMENT OF PT WITH UTI - Answer -PT SYMPTOMS
-VITAL SIGNS (WILL INCREASE)
-URINALYSIS
-CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
-(UA C&S)
PATIENT TEACHING FOR ANTI-INFECTIVES TREATING UTI - Answer --INCREASE FLUID INTAKE TO
AT LEAST 2,000ML/DAY
--TAKE MED AS ORDERED AND COMPLETE FULL COURSE
--TAKE MED W/ FOOD IF GI UPSET OCCURS
--NITROFURATION MUST BE TAKEN W/ FOOD OR MILK TO IMPROVE ABSORPTION
--AVOID DRIVING OR PERFORMING TASKS THAT REQUIRE ALERTNESS
--AVOID ALCOHOL
--DO NOT TAKE NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS UNLESS APPROVED BY PCP
WHAT ALTERNATIVE TO WATER IS GOOD FOR A UTI? WHY? - Answer PURE CRANBERRY JUICE
BECAUSE IT IS SO ACIDIC AND KILLS THE BACTERIA
EVALUATION OF PT AFTER UTI ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY: - Answer --THERAPEUTIC EFFECT IS
ACHIEVED AND SYMPTOMS ARE RELIEVED
--ADVERSE REACTIONS ARE IDENTIFIED, REPORTED TO PCP AND MANAGED SUCCESSFULLY
--PT AND/OR FAMILY VERBALIZE AND DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG REGIMEN
WHAT IS THE STUDY OF DRUGS AND THEIR ACTION ON LIVING ORGANISMS? - Answer
PHARMACOLOGY
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF A DRUG? - Answer GENERIC NAME
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GRADED
A+)
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER - Answer CYSTITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND - Answer PROSTATITIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY NEPHRONS - Answer PYELONEPHRITIS
ACTION OF URINARY TRACT ANTI-INFECTIVES - Answer RAPIDLY EXCRETED BY THE KIDNEYS
RESULTS IN HIGH CONCENTRATION IN THE URINE
BACTERIOSTATIC - Answer SLOWS OR RETARDS THE MULTIPLICATION OF BACTERIA
BACTERICIDAL IN URINARY TRACT - Answer DESTROYS THE BACTERIA IN THE URINE AS IT
TRAVELS THROUGH THE BLADDER
NITROFURANTOIN (MACRODANTIN) - Answer ANTI-INFECTIVE
PHENAZOPYRIDINE (PYRIDIUM) - Answer TOPICAL ANALGESIC
ADVERSE REACTION IN GI TRACT DUE TO UTI - Answer NAUSEA
VOMITING
DIARRHEA
ABDOMINAL PAIN
ANOREXIA
SYSTEMIC REACTIONS DUE TO UTI - Answer DROWSINESS
DIZZINESS
HEADACHE
BLURRED VISION
RASH
, PRURITIS
HIGH DOSES OF UTI ANTI-INFECTIVES MAY CAUSE: - Answer BURNING IN URINATION
BLADDER IRRITATION; SHOULD BE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE IF IT IS DUE TO MEDICATION OR
INFECTION
CONTRAINDICATIONS AND PRECAUTIONS OF UTI ANTI-INFECTIVES - Answer -USE CAUTIOUSLY
W/ RENAL OR LIVER IMPAIRMENT
-IF PT HAS KNOWN HYPERSENSITIVITY (ALLERGIC REACTION)
ASSESSMENT OF PT WITH UTI - Answer -PT SYMPTOMS
-VITAL SIGNS (WILL INCREASE)
-URINALYSIS
-CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
-(UA C&S)
PATIENT TEACHING FOR ANTI-INFECTIVES TREATING UTI - Answer --INCREASE FLUID INTAKE TO
AT LEAST 2,000ML/DAY
--TAKE MED AS ORDERED AND COMPLETE FULL COURSE
--TAKE MED W/ FOOD IF GI UPSET OCCURS
--NITROFURATION MUST BE TAKEN W/ FOOD OR MILK TO IMPROVE ABSORPTION
--AVOID DRIVING OR PERFORMING TASKS THAT REQUIRE ALERTNESS
--AVOID ALCOHOL
--DO NOT TAKE NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS UNLESS APPROVED BY PCP
WHAT ALTERNATIVE TO WATER IS GOOD FOR A UTI? WHY? - Answer PURE CRANBERRY JUICE
BECAUSE IT IS SO ACIDIC AND KILLS THE BACTERIA
EVALUATION OF PT AFTER UTI ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY: - Answer --THERAPEUTIC EFFECT IS
ACHIEVED AND SYMPTOMS ARE RELIEVED
--ADVERSE REACTIONS ARE IDENTIFIED, REPORTED TO PCP AND MANAGED SUCCESSFULLY
--PT AND/OR FAMILY VERBALIZE AND DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG REGIMEN
WHAT IS THE STUDY OF DRUGS AND THEIR ACTION ON LIVING ORGANISMS? - Answer
PHARMACOLOGY
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF A DRUG? - Answer GENERIC NAME
