Assignment: NURS 6521 Week 8 Quiz
Solutions
Assignment: NURS 6521 Week 8 Quiz Solutions
1. Which of the following nursing actions is most important in
achieving successful antimicrobial therapy with vancomycin?
2. A 72-year-old patient is prescribed ophthalmic ciprofloxacin
for a bacterial infection in her right eye. The nurse will teach
her to observe for which of the following adverse effects of
the drug?
3. A 46-year-old man is receiving a quinupristin/dalfopristin IV
infusion for a life-threatening infection. Which of the following
would be most important for the nurse to monitor?
Assignment: NURS 6521 Week 8 Quiz Solutions
4. A 7-year-old child has tonsillitis and is prescribed penicillin V,
which is to be administered at home. The nurse will instruct
the parents to administer the drug
5. A patient is prescribed ganciclovir to treat a CMV infection. An
oral dosage is prescribed. To help increase bioavailability of
the drug, the nurse will encourage the patient to take the
medication
6. A patient has been admitted to the critical care unit of the
hospital with bacterial septicemia that has failed to respond to
initial antibiotic treatment. The patient’s most recent blood
cultures reveal the presence of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the patient’s blood