NURS 6015 Exam #2 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) successful treatment with bacteriostatic antibiotics depends upon what factor? - Correct Answers ✅adequate duration of drug therapy a client is receiving aminoglycoside therapy. The nurse would be alert for - Correct Answers ✅kidney dysfunction bacitracin interfere with the cell wall synthesis of which type of bacteria? - Correct Answers ✅staphylococcal amino glycoside antibiotics tend to collect in the eighth cranial nerve. the nurse would anticipate that which clinical manifestation may occur from the cranial nerve involvement?
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what occurs when the normal flora is destroyed by the use of anti-infectives? - Correct Answers ✅superinfection the nurse is caring for several medical clients who have infections. for which client would the administration of a broad spectrum antibiotic be most appropriate? - Correct Answers ✅a client with signs of infection who is awaiting the results of laboratory testing the nurse is caring for a client with pericarditis who has been prescribed vancomycin 1000 mg IV q12h. when assessing the client for adverse effects, the nurse should perform what 1 / 4
NURS 6015 Exam #2 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) assessments? - Correct Answers ✅-assess the client for any auditory changes -monitor the clients during output, blood urea nitrogen and creatinine the hospital nurse is caring for a group of adult clients. for which client should the nurse most likely administer prophylactic anti-infectives? - Correct Answers ✅a client with colorectal cancer who is preoperative for a bowel resection a client has been diagnosed with an infection. the nurse can help to ensure the success of anti-infective treatment by - Correct Answers ✅confirming that medication prescribed is the drug of choice for the specific microorganism a nurse is caring for a client who is hospitalized for pneumonia. the nurse reviews the electronic health record and evaluates that the microbiology data does not support the use of the broad spectrum antibiotics. which statement is the nurse's best response to the provider about the results? - Correct Answers ✅the microbiology data is identifying another antibiotic appropriate for the client selective toxicity - Correct Answers ✅the ability to affect certain proteins or enzyme systems that are used by the infecting organism but not by the human cells 2 / 4
NURS 6015 Exam #2 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) spectrum - Correct Answers ✅the range of bacteria against which can antibiotic is effective (broad spectrum antibiotics are effective against a wide range of bacteria, narrow- spectrum antibiotics are effective only against very selective bacteria antiinfective agents - Correct Answers ✅are drugs designed to target foreign organisms that have invaded and infected the body of a human host although antiinfective agents target foreign organisms infecting the body of a human host, they do not possess total selective toxicity which is the? - Correct Answers ✅ability to affect certain proteins or enzyme systems used only by the infecting organism but not by the human cells some people believe that the habitual use of antibiotics for what might well be a viral infection has contributed to? - Correct Answers ✅the development of resistant strains children have an increased susceptibility to the GI and nervous system effects of antiinfectives, the nurse should monitor? - Correct Answers ✅nutritional and hydration status 3 / 4
NURS 6015 Exam #2 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) extreme caution must be exercised in the use of antiinfective in pregnant and nursing women because? - Correct Answers ✅they can affect the fetus and also cross into breast milk leading to toxic effects in the neonate antiinfectives that adversely affect the liver and kidneys must be used in caution with __ patients, who may have decreased organ function - Correct Answers ✅older the goal of antiinfective agents is to? - Correct Answers ✅interfere with the normal function of the invading organism to prevent it from reproducing and to cause cell death without affecting host cells antiinfectives can affect cells by? - Correct Answers ✅- disrupting the cell membrane -interfering with DNA synthesis -altering RNA -blocking the use of essential nutrients some antiinfectives interfere with biosynthesis of the pathogen cell wall. because bacterial cells have a slightly different composition than human cells this is an effective way to destroy the bacteria without interfering with the host the __ are on classification of antibiotic that work in this way. - Correct Answers ✅PCN
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