N352 Test 1 Questions and Correct Answers
Which of the following strategies have been identified as ways that we can delay the
emergence of antibiotic resistance in the hospital? (Select all that apply).
Preventing patient-to-patient transmission of organisms.
Using antimicrobial drugs wisely.
preventing infection
diagnosing and treating infection effectively
A nurse is educating the client about how diuretics work to reduce blood pressure. The
nurse knows that diuretics mostly affect which function of the kidneys?
Most diuretics block sodium and chloride reabsorption, thus reducing fluid volume.
An antimicrobial medication that has selective toxicity has the ability to injure the
invading mocrobes and has which characteristic?
ability to avoid injuring host cells
A client who has received a transplanted kidney is receiving cyclosporine (Neoral).
Which response should a nurse expect if the medication is having the desired effect?
suppression of T lymphocytes
Drugs which cause severe tissue damage if the IV line through which they are being
administerd becomes extravasated.
vesicant
, Drugs which act directly on the cancer cells to cause cell death.
cytotoxic agents
reversible hair loss
aplopecia
low platelet count
thromboctyopenia
the point at which chemotherapy cause the WBC count to be at the lowest count
nadir
low WBC count
neutropenia
toxicity to bone marrow
myelosuppression
the property of anti-cancer drugs which ironically can cause the formation of new
cancers
carinogenesis
A client asks a nurse, "Why should I switch to Cetririzine (Zyretec) for my allergies
when I've taken diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for so long?" Which response should the
nurse make?
"there is not nearly as much drowsiness and sedation"
The development of a new infection as a result of the elimination of normal flora by an
antibiotic is referred to as what?
Which of the following strategies have been identified as ways that we can delay the
emergence of antibiotic resistance in the hospital? (Select all that apply).
Preventing patient-to-patient transmission of organisms.
Using antimicrobial drugs wisely.
preventing infection
diagnosing and treating infection effectively
A nurse is educating the client about how diuretics work to reduce blood pressure. The
nurse knows that diuretics mostly affect which function of the kidneys?
Most diuretics block sodium and chloride reabsorption, thus reducing fluid volume.
An antimicrobial medication that has selective toxicity has the ability to injure the
invading mocrobes and has which characteristic?
ability to avoid injuring host cells
A client who has received a transplanted kidney is receiving cyclosporine (Neoral).
Which response should a nurse expect if the medication is having the desired effect?
suppression of T lymphocytes
Drugs which cause severe tissue damage if the IV line through which they are being
administerd becomes extravasated.
vesicant
, Drugs which act directly on the cancer cells to cause cell death.
cytotoxic agents
reversible hair loss
aplopecia
low platelet count
thromboctyopenia
the point at which chemotherapy cause the WBC count to be at the lowest count
nadir
low WBC count
neutropenia
toxicity to bone marrow
myelosuppression
the property of anti-cancer drugs which ironically can cause the formation of new
cancers
carinogenesis
A client asks a nurse, "Why should I switch to Cetririzine (Zyretec) for my allergies
when I've taken diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for so long?" Which response should the
nurse make?
"there is not nearly as much drowsiness and sedation"
The development of a new infection as a result of the elimination of normal flora by an
antibiotic is referred to as what?
