NURS617 FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026 UPDATE!

NURS 617/ NURS617 FINAL EXAM |
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026 UPDATE!

When should patients begin to exhibit signs of improvement when
being treated for CAP >>Correct Answer > 48-72 hours


What are some adverse effects of aminoglycosides? >>Correct
Answer > ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity


First line treatment of S.Pneumoniae bacterial pneumonia in children
>>Correct Answer > High dose amoxicillin
If highly resistant pneumococci are in the community then use IV or IM
ceftriaxone or cefotaxime


Contraindications to use of aminoglycosides >>Correct Answer
> patients with Myasthenia Gravis due to neuromuscular blockade


First line treatment of CAP in pregnant patients >>Correct Answer >
Azithromycin or Erythromycin; if recently treated with abx or with
comorbidities use beta lactam+macrolide


First line treatment of chlamydial pneumonia in children >>

,Correct Answer > Erythromycin or Azithromycin


First line treatment of S. Aureus bacterial pneumonia in children -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Vancomycin if methicillin resistant and
cephalexin if methicillin susceptible


First line treatment of Mycoplasma pneumonia in children
>>Correct Answer > Azithromycin alternatives are clarithromycin
or erythromycin


Drug of choice for MRSA >>Correct Answer > Vancomycin


Drug of choice for syphillis >>Correct Answer > Penicillin G


Drug of choice for PCP in AIDS patients >>Correct Answer > TMP/SMZ


Drug of choice for surgical prophylaxis >>Correct Answer > 1st
generation cephalosporins (Cefazolin, Cefalexin, Cefadroxil)


Drug of choice for N. Gonorrhea >>Correct Answer > Ceftriaxone


Drug of choice for meningitis >>Correct Answer > Ceftriaxone

, Drug of choice for travelers diarrhea >>Correct Answer >
Ciprofloxacin


Drug of choice for otitis media >>Correct Answer > Amoxicillin


Drug of choice for endocarditis prophylaxis >>Correct Answer >
Amoxicillin


Drug of choice for staphylococcal skin infections >>Correct Answer >
Dicloxacillin, Oxacillin, and Nafcillin


Drug of choice for chlamydia >>Correct Answer > Azithromycin


What medications are known to cause C Diff >>Correct Answer >
Clindamycin, 2nd and 4th generation cephalosporins, Linezolid,
tetracyclines,


Drug of choice for C Diff >>Correct Answer > Metronidazole Which
antibiotic drug classes are contraindicated in pregnancy >>Correct
Answer > Tetracyclines, Fluoroquinilones, Metronidazole (1st
trimester), 3rd generation cephalosporins, Nitrofurantoin ( 1st
trimester)


What are some serious adverse effects of Sulfonamides >>