UTA FNP 2 - Midterm, Module 1 -

UTA FNP 2 - Midterm, Module 1 - ENT/Upper Airway Practice Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Blepharitis, pharm - Correct Answers ✅Antibiotic ointments

- (BEQ)

• Bacitracin, erythromycin, and quinolone (any -floxacin).
• If infx doesn't respond to topical meds, if you have resistant

infections - use oral antibiotics.· First line - doxycycline 100mg PO twice a day.· Tetracycline 250 mg 4 times daily can also be given.Blepharitis, anterior presentation - Correct Answers ✅o Staphylococcal blepharitis characterized by scaling, crusting, and erythema of the eyelid margin, more common among women in their 40s.

• Eyelid staph infection - Eyelash loss; crusting or matting of

eyelashes upon waking; flaking or scaling of eyelid skin.Blepharitis, posterior presentation - Correct Answers ✅o Inflammation and dysfunction of the meibomian gland within eyelid.

• Excess foamy discharge, chalazion (aka meibomian cyst, is

a small, firm, painless bump that develops on the eyelid), and ocular rosacea is common. 1 / 3

UTA FNP 2 - Midterm, Module 1 - ENT/Upper Airway Practice Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Conjunctivitis, bacterial, presentation - Correct Answers ✅o Sclera of the eye gets red, and sometimes itchy, and sometimes there will be exudates.§ Typically, if you see the exudates, it is bacterial conjunctivitis.

• The organisms that cause the bacteria are Staph, Strep, H

flu, and M catarrhalis - same as upper respiratory infx.

• Pseudomonas is another less likely cause and, of course,

gonorrhea can cause it as well.Conjunctivitis, bacterial, pharm - Correct Answers ✅o Pharm - § Azithromycin 1% solution § Erythromycin 0.5% ointment § Gentamicin 0.3% solution § Sulfacetamide 10% (Bleph-10, Isopto Cetamide, or Sodium Sulamyd) § Tobramycin (Tobrex) § Bacitracin/polymyxin B 500 u/g ointment § Ciprofloxacin 0.3% (Ciloxan) § Ofloxacin 0.3% (Ocuflox) § Besfloxacin 0.6% suspension § Moxifloxacin 0.5% (Vigamox) (more severe cases) § Gatifloxacin 0.3% (Zymar) (more severe cases) 2 / 3

UTA FNP 2 - Midterm, Module 1 - ENT/Upper Airway Practice Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Conjunctivitis, viral, assessment - Correct Answers ✅o Assessment findings are erythema, burning, exudate, itching, sensation of foreign body, ocular exudate with matting, preauricular adenopathy, tearing and dendrites are present in herpetic infections.

• Evaluate and treat for systemic herpes.
• You don't want them to get herpes in the eye, because it

can cause blindness.

• If a fluorescein stain is done and you see dendrites, these

patients need to be referred immediately to an ophthalmologist.Conjunctivitis, viral, pharm - Correct Answers ✅o Pharm - § Topical vidarabine or trifluridine 5 times daily for 10 days Conjunctivitis, Red Flags - Correct Answers ✅· Red flags - diminished visual acuity, photophobia, foreign body sensation, corneal opacity, fixed pupil, severe headache, and proptosis.Corneal Abrasion, pharm - Correct Answers ✅· Pharm -

• Eye rx - Ciprofloxacin.

§ Want to use broad spectrum.

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