Nurse 5334 Test 1

Nurse 5334 Test 1 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... - Qualified answersUnasyn 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. Aminoglycosides inhibit folic acid production by the microbe - Qualified answersFalse Antibiotics have difficulty penetrating an abscess - Qualified answersTrue Antibiotics that are added to animal feed can cause humans to develop a resistance to those antibiotics. - Qualified answersFalse Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics by producing enzymes that inactivate the macrobiotic. - Qualified answersTrue Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill more competing organisms than do narrow-spectrum drugs and do the most to facilitate emergence of resistance. - Qualified answersTrue Cephalosporines kill bacteria by weakening the cell wall and promoting bacterial lysis. - Qualified answersTrue If a bacterium changes its receptors, and antibiotic may not be able to bind to the microbe and exert effects - Qualified answersTrue In most infections, the level of antibiotic as the site of infection needs to be ... - Qualified answers4-8 times the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) Infants do not have a well developed BBB and drugs can enter the CNS more readily that in a child or adult. - Qualified answersFalse It would be a priority to report which resul