NSG 6320 Midterm Exam Study Guide CC: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A patient presents to your Urgent Care Center complaining of a sore throat, high fever, andchills. You perform a rapid strep test. The result is negative. Which of the following is true? Question 11 options: The rapid strep test has a low specificity, so you can be confident that a negative test meanspatient really does not have strep. You should give the patient a dose of clindamycin IM to prevent the development of rheumatic fev You should give the patient Levofloxacin po for 5 days to prevent the development of rheumfever. The rapid strep test has a low sensitivity, so a negative test should be confirmed by performin throat culture.
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