Pharma Module 4: PrepU Quiz & Chapter 8 Terms (Quiz Completed on Sept.22, Chapter 8: Anti-Infective Agents)

What would be categorized as an anti-infective agent?

Anthelmintics

The nurse caring for a 24-year-old woman admitted with pneumonia explains how antibiotics work to help cure her pneumonia. Which statement would be correct about how antibiotic therapy works?

Antibiotics work by inhibiting cell wall synthesis. (pp.89)

Vertigo (dizziness)

Caused due to damage in the 8th cranial nerve Condition causes spinning sensation inside head

A client is to be started on an antibiotic. Which is most important to take into consideration before beginning the antibiotic regimen?

Culture and susceptibility

The nurse has educated a client about the risk for kidney damage that accompanies the client's anti-infective regimen. What should the nurse recommend to the client in order to reduce the risk of renal damage?

Increase intake of fluids

The nurse is preparing to administer a drug that is bactericidal. The nurse should explain what characteristic of this drug?

It will directly cause the death of pathogenic cells.

To ensure that the most appropriate drug is being used to treat a pathogen, which would need to be done first?

Obtaining sensitivity testing

The nurse understands that an infection caused by a secondary pathogen, which can occur during prolonged antibiotic therapy, is known as which of the following?

Superinfection (pp.95)

A client is being treated for urosepsis with ceftriaxone IV. What assessment finding should prompt the nurse to contact the care provider immediately?

The client has a new onset of jaundice and edema

A 30-year-old female client received an insect bite that has progressed to cellulitis over the past several days. What client characteristic should the nurse prioritize when administering anti-infectives?

The client is in the second trimester of pregnancy

A medical nurse on a night shift is reviewing a client's medication administration record for the following day. The nurse notes that a combination antimicrobial drug is prescribed. What is implied by the fact that the client has been prescribed a combination drug?

The client may have an infection caused by multiple microorganisms.

Aminogylcoside antibiotics tend to collect in the eighth cranial nerve. The nurse would anticipate that which clinical manifestation may occur from the cranial nerve involvement?

Vertigo

A group of students are reviewing information about anti-infective agents. The students demonstrate a need for additional review when they identify what as an anti-infective agent?

anticoagulant

A drug that does not actually cause the death of a cell but does interfere with its ability to reproduce is said to be:

bacteriostatic

A female client comes to the clinic reporting vaginal discharge with itching. When obtaining the client's medication history, what would the nurse consider as significant?

broad spectrum anti-infective for recent infection

A client has been diagnosed with an infection. The nurse can help to ensure the success of anti-infective treatment by:

confirming that the medication prescribed is the drug of choice for the specific microorganism.

A client is receiving aminoglycoside therapy. The nurse would be alert for:

kidney dysfunction

What intervention is necessary for the nurse to perform prior to initiating prescribed antibiotic therapy?

obtaining a specimen for culture and sensitivity

A client with burns has developed a wound infection. This client is experiencing what type of wound infection?

opportunistic infection

What occurs when the normal flora is destroyed by the use of anti-infectives?

superinfection (pp.95)

A critically ill client has developed a fever of 38.9°C, and blood cultures have been drawn and sent to the laboratory for culture and sensitivity testing. Determination of the culture will give the care team what information?

the exact identity of the infectious microorganism

Which client would be at risk of developing an infection? Select all that apply.

1) A client with an impaired immune system 2) A client experiencing diarrhea chronically 3) An elderly client who has one chronic disease

What assessment data would confirm that a client is demonstrating the presence of effective major defense mechanisms? Select all that apply.

1) Intact skin and mucous membranes 2) Redness and heat at the site of a cut 3) An elevated temperature 4) An elevated white blood cell count

For what client would a broad-spectrum antibiotic be most appropriate?

A client who has symptoms of infection but whose culture and sensitivity results are not yet available

After teaching a group of nursing students about the use of anti-infectives for prophylaxis, the instructor determines that the students need additional teaching when a student identifies what as an example?

A client with an oral yeast infection who receives antifungal therapy

The hospital nurse is caring for a group of adult clients. For which client should the nurse most likely administer prophylactic anti-infectives?

A client with colorectal cancer who is pre-operative for a bowel resection