WITH 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
A nurse is implementing a plan of care for a client who has a wound infection. Which of
the following actions should the nurse perform first?
A. Administer antibiotic
medication.
B. Obtain a wound
specimen for culture.
C. Review WBC
laboratory findings.
D. Apply a dressing to the wound
A nurse is caring for a client who has a urinary tract infection and a history
of recurrence of this type of infection. The client asks why the provider has
not yet prescribed an antibiotic. The nurse should explain that the provider
has to wait for the results of which of the following laboratory tests to identify which
antibiotic to prescribe?
A. Gram stain
B. Culture
C. Sensitivity
D. Specific gravity
A nurse is preparing information for the unit's nurses about the
effectiveness of antimicrobial therapy
for clients who have bacterial infections. Which of the following host factors should the
nurse include as conditions that affect antimicrobial
effectiveness? (Select all that apply.)
,A. meningitis
B. Pacemaker
C. Endocarditis
D. Pneumonia
E. Pyelonephritis
A nurse is caring for a group of clients who are receiving antimicrobial therapy. Which of
the following clients should?
the nurse plan to monitor for manifestations of antibiotic toxicity?
A. An adolescent client who
has a sinus infection
B. An older adult client
who has prostatitis
C. A client who is postpartum and has mastitis
D. A middle adult client who
has a urinary tract infection
A charge nurse is teaching a group of nurses about the importance of
prophylactic antimicrobial therapy. Which of the following information
should the charge nurse include in the teaching? (Select all that apply.)
A. Administer prophylactic
antimicrobial therapy to clients who report exposure to a sexually transmitted infection.
B. Administer prophylactic antimicrobial therapy to
clients who are having
orthopedic surgery.
C.Instruct clients who have a prosthetic heart valve about the need for prophylactic
antimicrobial therapy
before dental work.
D. Consult the provider for
prophylactic antimicrobial
, A nurse in an outpatient facility is preparing to administer nafcillin Im to an adult client
who has an
infection. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? (Select all that
apply.)
A. Select a 25-gauge, ½-inch needle for the injection.
B. Administer the medication deeply into the
ventrogluteal muscle.
C. Ask the client about an
allergy to penicillin before
administering the medication.
D. monitor the client for 30 min following the injection.
A nurse is preparing to administer cefotaxine IV to a client who has a severe infection
and has been
receiving cefotaxime for the past week. Which of the following findings
indicates a potentially serious adverse reaction to this medication that the
nurse should report to the provider?
A.Diaphoresis
B.Epistaxis
C.Diarrhea
D.Alopecia - ANSWER- C. Diarrhea is an adverse effect of cefotaxime and other
cephalosporins that requires reporting to the provider. Severe diarrhea might indicate
that the client has developed antibiotic-associated
pseudomembranous colitis, which could be life-threatening.
A nurse is obtaining a medication history from a client who is to receive
imipenem-cilastatin IV to