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What is the most important thing to make sure the pt knows about antibiotics?
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Use only when completely necessary, complete round
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If someone is on a broad spectrum antibiotic what would you tell them to be looking for?
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s/sx super infection
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what causes superinfections when a person is on broad spectrum antibiotics
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due to destruction of the normal flora
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when you have someon coming to ICU and they start them on a broad antibiotic what is the main thing you need to make sure has been done b4 first dose and then watch for results
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culture and sensitivity test
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if you have a pt taking clindamycin/cleomycin/clinda and they develop severe diarrhea after they finish round what might that be caused by?
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Change in the normal flora
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When you are looking at a culture and sensitivity what is the culture part of this?
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The actual grown organism
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If you have someone who is using clindamycin and they develop urticaria (itching hives rash) reaction
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A good nursing diagnosis for this person would be injuries related to allergic reactions
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A person started on a flouroquinalone (cipro, levaquin) what would be most important nursing assessment
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CBC due to bone marrow depression
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With genitourinary infection like Chlamydia and the pt is allergic to penicillin what is the next best choice
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Erythromycin
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With floraquinalones what is a contraindications
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Lactation
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Pt on sulfadrug what is something they can do to watch for photosensitivity?
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Wear sunscreen outside and wear protective clothing
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If a pt is on a macroglide (zythromycin)class and they develop diarrhea what would be most important
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Check stool for blood or mucous
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With cipro and floraquinalones and taking multivitamins when would you advise the pt to take them?
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2 hours b4 or 2 hours after
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Pt been in hospital and on antibiotic and being discharged home on them what is the most important pt teaching you want to perform
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Pt has scheduled followup appts and they keep them
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Pt is on clindamycin what baseline would you want to obtain first
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CBC
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what antibiotic is approved to treat anthrax
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cipro
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vanco needs to be administered over how long? to prevent what?
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60 minutes
nephrotoxicity and ottotoxicity |
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peptic ulcer disease is usually caused by what bug?
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H Pylori
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flouroquinolones end in
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oxacin
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