ADDRESSED PHARMACOLOGY TEST BANK TEST
The nurse has been caring for a patient who has been taking antibiotics for 3 weeks. Upon assessing the
patient, the nurse notices the individual has developed oral thrush. What describes the etiology of the
thrush? - CORRECT ANSWER-Superinfection
The nurse is caring for a patient on a medical-surgical unit who has a fever of unknown origin. The
prescriber has ordered a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Which intervention is the priority? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Obtaining all cultures before the antibiotic is administered
The nurse is teaching a nursing student about the mechanism by which antimicrobial agents achieve
selective toxicity. Which statement by the student indicates a need for further teaching? - CORRECT
ANSWER-"Some agents cause phagocytosis of bacterial cells."
A child has received amoxicillin [Amoxil] for three previous ear infections, but a current otitis media
episode is not responding to treatment. The nurse caring for this child suspects that resistance to the
bacterial agent has occurred by which microbial mechanism? - CORRECT ANSWER-Drug inactivation
A nursing student asks a nurse to clarify the differences between the mechanisms of spontaneous
mutation and conjugation in acquired resistance of microbes. What will the nurse say? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Spontaneous mutation leads to resistance to only one antimicrobial agent.
A patient has a viral sinus infection, and the provider tells the patient that antibiotics will not be
prescribed. The patient wants to take an antibiotic and asks the nurse what possible harm could occur
by taking an antibiotic. Which response by the nurse is correct? - CORRECT ANSWER-"Even normal flora
can develop resistance and transfer this to pathogens."