NU 300 EXAM 5 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS | COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL-
SURGICAL NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Name some things you might educate a patient about if they are taking prednisone. Specifically, discuss
how they should take this medicine. - ANS ✔✔Prednisone is advised to take in the morning due to the
risk of developing insomnia. More patient education would include to not discontinue the drug abruptly
due to the risk of Addison disease. This disease is caused by adrenal insufficiency.
Someone discuss the use of prednisone in chronic medical conditions. - ANS ✔✔Prednisone is used to
treat exacerbations of chronic medical conditions, specifically respiratory illnesses.
With the drug Methylprednisolone, what would be good patient education? - ANS ✔✔Some patient
education that may be needed is the fact that you cannot give this drug to a child under 28 days of age.
It is also given intravenously and cannot be stopped abruptly if you may experience withdrawal
symptoms. (IV is most common route)
There are a few reasons in which NSAID medications may be preferred for analgesic therapy compared
to other options. Name some of those reasons. - ANS ✔✔NSAID such as Ketorolac can be good to use on
patients who are addicted to opioids. This a great alternative to an opioid, and many patients suggest
this could help better with post surgical pain.
You have a patient that has been prescribed Ceftriaxone. What are some indications for this medication
to be prescribed? - ANS ✔✔Ceftriaxone can be used for meningitis, lower respiratory tract
infections(pneumonia), UTIs, intra-abdominal infections, skin infections, and septicemia.
What assessments should the nurse do while patient is getting antibiotics? - ANS ✔✔a nurse should
assess the patients IV to look for phlebitis or infiltration. assess for potential allergy to the drug and
assess if the antibiotic is working by asking the patient if they feel better and by obtaining vitals and
comparing them to the baseline vitals
What type of potential reactions would we observe for and what would we do if they occur? - ANS
✔✔Allergic reactions can range from mild symptoms like rash, itching, or hives to severe, life-
threatening anaphylaxis with difficulty breathing, swelling, and low blood pressure. If any allergic
symptoms occur, we should stop the antibiotic immediately and call the doctor.
What is Daptomycin used to treat? - ANS ✔✔Daptomycin is used to treat MRSA and vancomycin-
resistant strands of MRSA. So Daptomycin would be ordered after vancomycin treatment is proved to be
ineffective.
How does Daptomycin work? - ANS ✔✔Daptomycin binds to gram-positive cells in a calcium-dependent
process and disrupts cell membrane potential.
When the patient is about to get a dose of Daptomycin and wants to know how they will be
administered this medication what would you tell the patient? - ANS ✔✔I would tell the patient that the
medicine would be given through their IV
SURGICAL NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Name some things you might educate a patient about if they are taking prednisone. Specifically, discuss
how they should take this medicine. - ANS ✔✔Prednisone is advised to take in the morning due to the
risk of developing insomnia. More patient education would include to not discontinue the drug abruptly
due to the risk of Addison disease. This disease is caused by adrenal insufficiency.
Someone discuss the use of prednisone in chronic medical conditions. - ANS ✔✔Prednisone is used to
treat exacerbations of chronic medical conditions, specifically respiratory illnesses.
With the drug Methylprednisolone, what would be good patient education? - ANS ✔✔Some patient
education that may be needed is the fact that you cannot give this drug to a child under 28 days of age.
It is also given intravenously and cannot be stopped abruptly if you may experience withdrawal
symptoms. (IV is most common route)
There are a few reasons in which NSAID medications may be preferred for analgesic therapy compared
to other options. Name some of those reasons. - ANS ✔✔NSAID such as Ketorolac can be good to use on
patients who are addicted to opioids. This a great alternative to an opioid, and many patients suggest
this could help better with post surgical pain.
You have a patient that has been prescribed Ceftriaxone. What are some indications for this medication
to be prescribed? - ANS ✔✔Ceftriaxone can be used for meningitis, lower respiratory tract
infections(pneumonia), UTIs, intra-abdominal infections, skin infections, and septicemia.
What assessments should the nurse do while patient is getting antibiotics? - ANS ✔✔a nurse should
assess the patients IV to look for phlebitis or infiltration. assess for potential allergy to the drug and
assess if the antibiotic is working by asking the patient if they feel better and by obtaining vitals and
comparing them to the baseline vitals
What type of potential reactions would we observe for and what would we do if they occur? - ANS
✔✔Allergic reactions can range from mild symptoms like rash, itching, or hives to severe, life-
threatening anaphylaxis with difficulty breathing, swelling, and low blood pressure. If any allergic
symptoms occur, we should stop the antibiotic immediately and call the doctor.
What is Daptomycin used to treat? - ANS ✔✔Daptomycin is used to treat MRSA and vancomycin-
resistant strands of MRSA. So Daptomycin would be ordered after vancomycin treatment is proved to be
ineffective.
How does Daptomycin work? - ANS ✔✔Daptomycin binds to gram-positive cells in a calcium-dependent
process and disrupts cell membrane potential.
When the patient is about to get a dose of Daptomycin and wants to know how they will be
administered this medication what would you tell the patient? - ANS ✔✔I would tell the patient that the
medicine would be given through their IV
