CMN568 / CMN 568 (Latest 2024 /
2025) Intro to Family NP Unit 2
Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A –
South Alabama
Question:
What finding suggests a bacterial superinfection in a patient with pertussis
Answer:
temp >101
Question:
What diagnostic measures are used to confirm a case of whooping cough?
Answer:
Cx or PCR of nasopharyngeal swabs or nasal wash
,Question:
What may be seen on a chest x-ray in a patient with pertussis?
Answer:
thickened bronchi and a "shaggy" heart border
Question:
What is the drug of choice in treating pertussis?
Answer:
azithromycin
Question:
What antibiotic should you NOT give to infants younger than one month of
age? why?
Answer:
ertythromycin due to risk of pyloric stenosis
Question:
When should patients with acute sinusitis be treated with antibiotics?
Answer:
If facial pain/swelling lasts longer that 10 days or worsens after initial
improvement
,Question:
What abx are considered first-line agents in the treatment of acute sinusitis?
Answer:
narrow spectrum abx such as amoxicillin, trimethoprim-sulfa, and
doxycycline
Question:
What is the preferred treatment of acute pharyngitis?
Answer:
PCN or azithromycin in pcn allergic patients
Question:
How long are patients with influenza infectious?
Answer:
5-7 days after onset of symptoms
Question:
What is the optimal time frame antivirals should be administered with the
flu?
Answer:
within 48 hours
, Question:
What is the recommended duration of treatment with antivirals and the flu?
Answer:
5 days
Question:
What antivirals are used in the tx. of influenza?
Answer:
zanamivir or oseltamivir
Question:
Which antiviral is contraindicated in patients with underlying airway disease?
Answer:
zanamivir
Question:
What is the recommended adult dosage of zanamivir for treatment of flu?
Answer:
2 inhalations BID
2025) Intro to Family NP Unit 2
Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A –
South Alabama
Question:
What finding suggests a bacterial superinfection in a patient with pertussis
Answer:
temp >101
Question:
What diagnostic measures are used to confirm a case of whooping cough?
Answer:
Cx or PCR of nasopharyngeal swabs or nasal wash
,Question:
What may be seen on a chest x-ray in a patient with pertussis?
Answer:
thickened bronchi and a "shaggy" heart border
Question:
What is the drug of choice in treating pertussis?
Answer:
azithromycin
Question:
What antibiotic should you NOT give to infants younger than one month of
age? why?
Answer:
ertythromycin due to risk of pyloric stenosis
Question:
When should patients with acute sinusitis be treated with antibiotics?
Answer:
If facial pain/swelling lasts longer that 10 days or worsens after initial
improvement
,Question:
What abx are considered first-line agents in the treatment of acute sinusitis?
Answer:
narrow spectrum abx such as amoxicillin, trimethoprim-sulfa, and
doxycycline
Question:
What is the preferred treatment of acute pharyngitis?
Answer:
PCN or azithromycin in pcn allergic patients
Question:
How long are patients with influenza infectious?
Answer:
5-7 days after onset of symptoms
Question:
What is the optimal time frame antivirals should be administered with the
flu?
Answer:
within 48 hours
, Question:
What is the recommended duration of treatment with antivirals and the flu?
Answer:
5 days
Question:
What antivirals are used in the tx. of influenza?
Answer:
zanamivir or oseltamivir
Question:
Which antiviral is contraindicated in patients with underlying airway disease?
Answer:
zanamivir
Question:
What is the recommended adult dosage of zanamivir for treatment of flu?
Answer:
2 inhalations BID
