PNVN 1521 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. A patient is allergic to penicillin. Physician orders a Cephalosporion as
an alternative. What are the nursing concerns ?: similar allergen profile as penicillins
2. What types of pathogens are antibiotics effective against?: Bacterial infection
3. what is Antimicrobial selection is based on: sensitivity of the pathogen vs toxicity to the patient
4. What is considered the "big three" when discussing antimicrobial therapy?: -
Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
5. WHar is the concoren with lonf term administration of broad-spectrum an-
tibiotics ?: Oral, vaginal, skin, or rectal secondary infections
6. The aminoglycoside drug class medications end with what?: Cin
7. The macrolid drug class medication end with what: Mycin
8. Broad spec antibiotic that inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis and is resistant
to beta-lactamase secreted by bacteria?: Carbapenems
9. Antibiotics not recommended for children and pregnant women due to the
possible adverse effect of teeth staining: Tetracyclines
10. Antibiotic that inhibits bacterial biosynthesis of folic acid resulting in bacte-
rial cell death?: Sulfonamides
11. Pain that originates from the abdominal and thoracic organs?: Visceral pain
12. Pain that originates from the skin,bones, joints, muscles or connective tis-
sue: Somatic pain
13. Pain scale assessment tool for neonates?: NIPs
14. Pain scale assessment tool utilized to evaluate toddler-preschool aged kids?-
: TPPPS
15. TPPPS: toddler preschool postoperative pain scale
16. Pain scale assessment tool utilized to evaluate nonverbal patient?: FLACC
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, 17. Wong-Baker FACES pain assessment tool has widespread use for who:
patients 3 years of age and older with language barriers
18. What flower is opium harvested from produce both morphine and heroin?-
: Poppy
19. Groups of substances that relieve pain by stimulating the opiate receptors
in the CNS: Opiate agonist
20. Common adverse effects of opiate agonists ?: Constipation
21. Serious averse effects of opiate agonists ?: Respiratory depression
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1. A patient is allergic to penicillin. Physician orders a Cephalosporion as
an alternative. What are the nursing concerns ?: similar allergen profile as penicillins
2. What types of pathogens are antibiotics effective against?: Bacterial infection
3. what is Antimicrobial selection is based on: sensitivity of the pathogen vs toxicity to the patient
4. What is considered the "big three" when discussing antimicrobial therapy?: -
Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
5. WHar is the concoren with lonf term administration of broad-spectrum an-
tibiotics ?: Oral, vaginal, skin, or rectal secondary infections
6. The aminoglycoside drug class medications end with what?: Cin
7. The macrolid drug class medication end with what: Mycin
8. Broad spec antibiotic that inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis and is resistant
to beta-lactamase secreted by bacteria?: Carbapenems
9. Antibiotics not recommended for children and pregnant women due to the
possible adverse effect of teeth staining: Tetracyclines
10. Antibiotic that inhibits bacterial biosynthesis of folic acid resulting in bacte-
rial cell death?: Sulfonamides
11. Pain that originates from the abdominal and thoracic organs?: Visceral pain
12. Pain that originates from the skin,bones, joints, muscles or connective tis-
sue: Somatic pain
13. Pain scale assessment tool for neonates?: NIPs
14. Pain scale assessment tool utilized to evaluate toddler-preschool aged kids?-
: TPPPS
15. TPPPS: toddler preschool postoperative pain scale
16. Pain scale assessment tool utilized to evaluate nonverbal patient?: FLACC
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, 17. Wong-Baker FACES pain assessment tool has widespread use for who:
patients 3 years of age and older with language barriers
18. What flower is opium harvested from produce both morphine and heroin?-
: Poppy
19. Groups of substances that relieve pain by stimulating the opiate receptors
in the CNS: Opiate agonist
20. Common adverse effects of opiate agonists ?: Constipation
21. Serious averse effects of opiate agonists ?: Respiratory depression
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