ATI Pharm Made Easy 5.0 – Infection Test Questions and
Answers Rated A
A nurse is caring for a client in a medical-surgical
unit. A nurse is caring for a client who has a new
prescription for aztreonam to treat a respiratory
The nurse anticipates a prescription for an tract infection. Which of the following findings in
antibiotic medication. For each medication, click the client's medical record should the nurse
to specify if the medication is indicated or recognize as requiring cautious use for this
contraindicated for the client. - ANSWER - prescription and report to the provider? -
Contraindicated: ANSWER -Renal impairment
Ciprofloxacin
Telavancin
Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim A nurse is caring for a client who is about to
begin taking nitrofurantoin to treat a urinary tract
Not Contraindicated: infection. The nurse should tell the client to report
Linezolid which of the following adverse effects of the
drug? - ANSWER -Cough
The nurse is caring for a client who has an
infection and diabetes mellitus. A nurse is caring for a client who has a
gynecologic infection and a history of alcohol use
Click to highlight the findings that indicate to the disorder. The nurse should identify that which of
nurse that the client is experiencing adverse the following drugs can cause a reaction similar
reactions to the prescribed antibiotic medication. to disulfiram if the client drinks alcohol while
- ANSWER -- Client stated, "I feel like the taking it? (Select all that apply.) -
room is spinning." ANSWER -- Cefotetan
- Client reports headache, rated 6 on a 0 to 10 - Metronidazole
pain scale.
- Client reports hearing constant, high-pitched
sound. A nurse is preparing to administer amphotericin B
IV to a client who has a systemic fungal infection.
Which of the following drugs should the nurse
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prepare to administer prior to the infusion to
diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The nurse prevent or minimize adverse reactions? (Select
should expect the provider to prescribe a drug all that apply.) - ANSWER --
from which of the following classifications of Acetaminophen
antibiotics? - ANSWER -Third generation - Diphenhydramine
cephalosporins
A nurse in a provider's office receives a call from
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new a client who is taking amoxicillin to treat a
prescription for acyclovir to treat a herpes respiratory infection and reports a rash and
simplex infection. Which of the following wheezing. Which of the following instructions
laboratory values should the nurse monitor for should the nurse give the client? -
this client? - ANSWER -BUN ANSWER -Call emergency services
immediately.
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Answers Rated A
A nurse is caring for a client in a medical-surgical
unit. A nurse is caring for a client who has a new
prescription for aztreonam to treat a respiratory
The nurse anticipates a prescription for an tract infection. Which of the following findings in
antibiotic medication. For each medication, click the client's medical record should the nurse
to specify if the medication is indicated or recognize as requiring cautious use for this
contraindicated for the client. - ANSWER - prescription and report to the provider? -
Contraindicated: ANSWER -Renal impairment
Ciprofloxacin
Telavancin
Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim A nurse is caring for a client who is about to
begin taking nitrofurantoin to treat a urinary tract
Not Contraindicated: infection. The nurse should tell the client to report
Linezolid which of the following adverse effects of the
drug? - ANSWER -Cough
The nurse is caring for a client who has an
infection and diabetes mellitus. A nurse is caring for a client who has a
gynecologic infection and a history of alcohol use
Click to highlight the findings that indicate to the disorder. The nurse should identify that which of
nurse that the client is experiencing adverse the following drugs can cause a reaction similar
reactions to the prescribed antibiotic medication. to disulfiram if the client drinks alcohol while
- ANSWER -- Client stated, "I feel like the taking it? (Select all that apply.) -
room is spinning." ANSWER -- Cefotetan
- Client reports headache, rated 6 on a 0 to 10 - Metronidazole
pain scale.
- Client reports hearing constant, high-pitched
sound. A nurse is preparing to administer amphotericin B
IV to a client who has a systemic fungal infection.
Which of the following drugs should the nurse
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new prepare to administer prior to the infusion to
diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The nurse prevent or minimize adverse reactions? (Select
should expect the provider to prescribe a drug all that apply.) - ANSWER --
from which of the following classifications of Acetaminophen
antibiotics? - ANSWER -Third generation - Diphenhydramine
cephalosporins
A nurse in a provider's office receives a call from
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new a client who is taking amoxicillin to treat a
prescription for acyclovir to treat a herpes respiratory infection and reports a rash and
simplex infection. Which of the following wheezing. Which of the following instructions
laboratory values should the nurse monitor for should the nurse give the client? -
this client? - ANSWER -BUN ANSWER -Call emergency services
immediately.
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