NURSE 5334 TEST 1 QUESTIONS &
SOLUTIONS
Mammalian cells do not have a rigid cell wall - ANSWERTrue
Patients should not take folic acid supplements when prescribed sulfa drugs -
ANSWERFalse
Cephalosporines kill bacteria by weakening the cell wall and promoting bacterial lysis. -
ANSWERTrue
Aminoglycosides inhibit folic acid production by the microbe - ANSWERFalse
Some microbes can change so that they stop taking antibiotics into the cell -
ANSWERTrue
The New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase I (NDM-I) is common in people of Indian or
Pakistan descent. - ANSWERFalse
Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill more competing organisms than do narrow-spectrum
drugs and do the most to facilitate emergence of resistance. - ANSWERTrue
Narrow spectrum antibiotics tend to promote overgrowth of normal flora that possess
mechanism for resistance. - ANSWERFalse
Infants do not have a well developed BBB and drugs can enter the CNS more readily
that in a child or adult. - ANSWERFalse
Antibiotics have difficulty penetrating an abscess - ANSWERTrue
The American Heart Association has recently stressed that prophylactic use of
antibiotics is more important than recently thought. - ANSWERFalse
Antibiotics that are added to animal feed can cause humans to develop a resistance to
those antibiotics. - ANSWERFalse
A pt is admitted to a medical unit and prescribed intravenous ampicillin/subactam after a
specimen was sent for culture and sensitivity from the ED. The nurse knows the priority
reason for notifying the prescriber of culture results as soon as they are available is that
ampicillin/sulbactam... - ANSWERUnasyn is a broad spectrum antibiotic. Narrow-
spectrum antibiotics are active against only a few species of microorganisms. In
contrast, broad spectrum antibiotics are active against a wide variety of microbes.
Narrow spectrum drugs are generally preferred to broad spectrum drugs.
SOLUTIONS
Mammalian cells do not have a rigid cell wall - ANSWERTrue
Patients should not take folic acid supplements when prescribed sulfa drugs -
ANSWERFalse
Cephalosporines kill bacteria by weakening the cell wall and promoting bacterial lysis. -
ANSWERTrue
Aminoglycosides inhibit folic acid production by the microbe - ANSWERFalse
Some microbes can change so that they stop taking antibiotics into the cell -
ANSWERTrue
The New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase I (NDM-I) is common in people of Indian or
Pakistan descent. - ANSWERFalse
Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill more competing organisms than do narrow-spectrum
drugs and do the most to facilitate emergence of resistance. - ANSWERTrue
Narrow spectrum antibiotics tend to promote overgrowth of normal flora that possess
mechanism for resistance. - ANSWERFalse
Infants do not have a well developed BBB and drugs can enter the CNS more readily
that in a child or adult. - ANSWERFalse
Antibiotics have difficulty penetrating an abscess - ANSWERTrue
The American Heart Association has recently stressed that prophylactic use of
antibiotics is more important than recently thought. - ANSWERFalse
Antibiotics that are added to animal feed can cause humans to develop a resistance to
those antibiotics. - ANSWERFalse
A pt is admitted to a medical unit and prescribed intravenous ampicillin/subactam after a
specimen was sent for culture and sensitivity from the ED. The nurse knows the priority
reason for notifying the prescriber of culture results as soon as they are available is that
ampicillin/sulbactam... - ANSWERUnasyn is a broad spectrum antibiotic. Narrow-
spectrum antibiotics are active against only a few species of microorganisms. In
contrast, broad spectrum antibiotics are active against a wide variety of microbes.
Narrow spectrum drugs are generally preferred to broad spectrum drugs.
