NURS 8024 PHARM TEST 3 PT. 1 ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

NURS 8024 PHARM TEST 3 PT. 1 ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Narrow spectrum - Answer -act on a single or limited group of pathogens Extended-spectrum - Answer -"Efficacy against large numbers of gram positive / gram negative organisms" Broad-spectrum - Answer -*empiric-presumptive therapy *effective against "broad spectrum" of microbes *unknown pathogen-possible life threatening infection *risk for super infections Drug entry affected by multiple factors: - Answer -1. lipid solubility 2. protein binding 3. molecular weight 4. inflammation Susceptibility testing - Answer --guides antimicrobial therapy -zone of inhibition-predicts minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC); estimate of the drug sensitivity of pathogens Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) - Answer -Interpretation categorizes result as Susceptible, Intermediate, Resistant Susceptible (S) - Answer -bacterial strain susceptible when pathogen inhibited in vitro by a concentration of drug associated with a high likelihood of therapeutic success Intermediate (I) - Answer -Sensitivity termed intermediate when concentration of drug associated with uncertain therapeutic effect Resistant (R) - Answer -bacterial strain considered resistant when concentration of the drug associated with a high likelihood of therapeutic failure Bacteriostatic - Answer --inhibits growth or multiplication of bacteria -limits spread of infection - enables immune system to effectively attac