Pharmacology Made Easy 5.0 Infection
Test
Select 2 adverse effects that the nurse should plan to include when educating the client about
their newly prescribed medications.
a. Elevated liver enzymes
b. red-orange color to the urine
c. hypoglycemia
d. ototoxicity
e. hypertension
when generating solutions, the nurse should plan to educate the client about adverse reactions
of hepatotoxicity and discolored urine.
Isoniazid and rifampin can cause injury to liver cells, and the combination of the two medications
increases the risks for hepatotoxicity.
Rifampin dissolves easily in body fluids, and clients receiving it may experience a change of
color in urine, sweat, tears, and other body fluids to a red-orange color
a. Elevated liver enzymes
b. red-orange color to the urine
click to highlight the findings that indicate to the nurse that the client experiencing adverse
reactions to the prescribed antibiotic medication.
When analyzing cues, the nurse should identify that findings of
1. vertigo
2. headache
3. tinnitus
indicate that the client is experiencing ototoxicity, which is an adverse effect of gentamicin.
The nurse anticipates a prescription for an antibiotic medication. For each medication, click to
specify if the medication is indicated or contraindicated for the client. There must be at least 1
selection in every row.
telavancin is contraindicated for a client who has a prolonged QT interval
, Hyperkalemia is a contraindication for the combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim
because increased potassium level is a potential adverse effect.
The nurse should identify that the client's allergy to levofloxacin, another fluoroquinolone, is a
contradiction to the use of ciprofloxacin.
the nurse should identify that the client does not have findings that are contraindications for the
use of linezolid, such as concurrent use of a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor or selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) CIPROFLOXACIN: CONTRAINDICATED
TELAVANCIN:CONTRAINDICATED LINEZOLID:NOT CONTRAIN SULFA:CONTAIN
a nurse is caring for a client who is about to begin taking itraxonazole to treat a fungal infection,
the nurse should instruct the client to report which of the following adverse effects of the
medication?
a. tingling in the hands and feet
b. joint pain
c. swelling of hands or feet
d. excessive sweating
c. swelling of hands or feet
a nurse is providing teaching for a client who takes an oral contraceptive and is about to begin
rifampin therapy to treat tuberculosis, which of the following instructions should the nurse
include?
a. increase the rifampin dose
b. increase the oral contraceptive dose
c. allow 2 hr between taking the two medications
d. use a non-hormonal form of contraception
d. use a non-hormonal form of contraception
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
a nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. the nurse should
expect the provider to prescribe a medication from which of the following classifications of
antibiotics?
a. first generation cephalosporins
b. third generation cephalosporins
c. monobactams
d. macrolides
b. third generation cephalosporins
Test
Select 2 adverse effects that the nurse should plan to include when educating the client about
their newly prescribed medications.
a. Elevated liver enzymes
b. red-orange color to the urine
c. hypoglycemia
d. ototoxicity
e. hypertension
when generating solutions, the nurse should plan to educate the client about adverse reactions
of hepatotoxicity and discolored urine.
Isoniazid and rifampin can cause injury to liver cells, and the combination of the two medications
increases the risks for hepatotoxicity.
Rifampin dissolves easily in body fluids, and clients receiving it may experience a change of
color in urine, sweat, tears, and other body fluids to a red-orange color
a. Elevated liver enzymes
b. red-orange color to the urine
click to highlight the findings that indicate to the nurse that the client experiencing adverse
reactions to the prescribed antibiotic medication.
When analyzing cues, the nurse should identify that findings of
1. vertigo
2. headache
3. tinnitus
indicate that the client is experiencing ototoxicity, which is an adverse effect of gentamicin.
The nurse anticipates a prescription for an antibiotic medication. For each medication, click to
specify if the medication is indicated or contraindicated for the client. There must be at least 1
selection in every row.
telavancin is contraindicated for a client who has a prolonged QT interval
, Hyperkalemia is a contraindication for the combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim
because increased potassium level is a potential adverse effect.
The nurse should identify that the client's allergy to levofloxacin, another fluoroquinolone, is a
contradiction to the use of ciprofloxacin.
the nurse should identify that the client does not have findings that are contraindications for the
use of linezolid, such as concurrent use of a monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor or selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) CIPROFLOXACIN: CONTRAINDICATED
TELAVANCIN:CONTRAINDICATED LINEZOLID:NOT CONTRAIN SULFA:CONTAIN
a nurse is caring for a client who is about to begin taking itraxonazole to treat a fungal infection,
the nurse should instruct the client to report which of the following adverse effects of the
medication?
a. tingling in the hands and feet
b. joint pain
c. swelling of hands or feet
d. excessive sweating
c. swelling of hands or feet
a nurse is providing teaching for a client who takes an oral contraceptive and is about to begin
rifampin therapy to treat tuberculosis, which of the following instructions should the nurse
include?
a. increase the rifampin dose
b. increase the oral contraceptive dose
c. allow 2 hr between taking the two medications
d. use a non-hormonal form of contraception
d. use a non-hormonal form of contraception
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
a nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. the nurse should
expect the provider to prescribe a medication from which of the following classifications of
antibiotics?
a. first generation cephalosporins
b. third generation cephalosporins
c. monobactams
d. macrolides
b. third generation cephalosporins
