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FOR 2025/2026 TESTS|MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTLY VERIFIED ANSWERS
(LATEST QUIZZES) |ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
The nurse has been caring for a patient who has been taking antibiotics for 3 weeks. Upon
assessing the patient, the nurse notices the individual has developed oral thrush. What
describes the etibltlgy of the
thrush?
A) Antibiotic resistance
B) Community-acquired infection
C) Nosocomial Infection
D) Suprainfection - D) Suprainfection
The nurse is caring for a patient on a medical-surgical unit who has a fever of unknown origin.
The prescriber has ordered a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Which intervention is the priority?
A) Administering the antibiotic immediately
B) Administering antipyretics as soon as possible
C) Delaying administration of the antibiotic until the culture results are available
D) Obtaining all cultures before the antibiotic is administered - D) Obtaining all cultures
before the antibiotic is administered
The nurse is teaching a nursing student about the mechanism by which antimicrobial agents
achieve selective toxicity. Which statement by the student indicates a need for further teaching?
, A) "Some agents disrupt the bacterial cell wall;"
B) "Some agents act to block the conversion of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) to folic acid."
C) "Some agents cause phagocytosis of bacterial cells."
D) "Some agents weaken the cell wall, causing cell wall lysis." - C) "Some agents cause
phagocytosis of bacterial cells."
A child has received amoxicillin (Amoxil) for three previous ear infections, but a current otitis
media episode is not responding to treatment. The nurse caring for this child suspects that
resistance to the bacterial agent has occurred by which microbial mechanism?
A) Alteration of drug target molecules
B) Antagonist production
C) Drug inactivation
D) Reduction of drug concentration at the site of action - B) Antagonist production
A nursing student asks a nurse to clarify the differences between the mechanisms of
spontaneous mutation and conjugation in acquired resistance of microbes. What will the nurse
say?
A) Conjugation results in a gradual increase in resistance.
B) Conjugation results in random changes in the microbe's DNA.
C) Spontaneous mutation leads to resistance to only one antimicrobial agent.
D) Spontaneous mutation can transfer DNA from one organism to another. - C)
Spontaneous mutation leads to resistance to only one antimicrobial agent.
A patient has a viral sinus infection, and the provider tells the patient that antibiotics will not be
prescribed. The patient wants to take an antibiotic and asks the nurse what possible harm could
occur by taking an antibiotic. Which response by the nurse is correct?
A) "Antibiotics are mutagenic and can produce changes that cause resistance,"
FOR 2025/2026 TESTS|MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTLY VERIFIED ANSWERS
(LATEST QUIZZES) |ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
The nurse has been caring for a patient who has been taking antibiotics for 3 weeks. Upon
assessing the patient, the nurse notices the individual has developed oral thrush. What
describes the etibltlgy of the
thrush?
A) Antibiotic resistance
B) Community-acquired infection
C) Nosocomial Infection
D) Suprainfection - D) Suprainfection
The nurse is caring for a patient on a medical-surgical unit who has a fever of unknown origin.
The prescriber has ordered a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Which intervention is the priority?
A) Administering the antibiotic immediately
B) Administering antipyretics as soon as possible
C) Delaying administration of the antibiotic until the culture results are available
D) Obtaining all cultures before the antibiotic is administered - D) Obtaining all cultures
before the antibiotic is administered
The nurse is teaching a nursing student about the mechanism by which antimicrobial agents
achieve selective toxicity. Which statement by the student indicates a need for further teaching?
, A) "Some agents disrupt the bacterial cell wall;"
B) "Some agents act to block the conversion of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) to folic acid."
C) "Some agents cause phagocytosis of bacterial cells."
D) "Some agents weaken the cell wall, causing cell wall lysis." - C) "Some agents cause
phagocytosis of bacterial cells."
A child has received amoxicillin (Amoxil) for three previous ear infections, but a current otitis
media episode is not responding to treatment. The nurse caring for this child suspects that
resistance to the bacterial agent has occurred by which microbial mechanism?
A) Alteration of drug target molecules
B) Antagonist production
C) Drug inactivation
D) Reduction of drug concentration at the site of action - B) Antagonist production
A nursing student asks a nurse to clarify the differences between the mechanisms of
spontaneous mutation and conjugation in acquired resistance of microbes. What will the nurse
say?
A) Conjugation results in a gradual increase in resistance.
B) Conjugation results in random changes in the microbe's DNA.
C) Spontaneous mutation leads to resistance to only one antimicrobial agent.
D) Spontaneous mutation can transfer DNA from one organism to another. - C)
Spontaneous mutation leads to resistance to only one antimicrobial agent.
A patient has a viral sinus infection, and the provider tells the patient that antibiotics will not be
prescribed. The patient wants to take an antibiotic and asks the nurse what possible harm could
occur by taking an antibiotic. Which response by the nurse is correct?
A) "Antibiotics are mutagenic and can produce changes that cause resistance,"
