Author Question: The nurse is caring for a patient who has had a cold for 1 week. The patient questions why the ... (Read 51 times)

DyllonKazuo · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is caring for a patient who has had a cold for 1 week. The patient questions why the health care provider issued a prescription for an antibiotic. Which explanation is best?

a. The antibiotic will cure your cold.
b. The antibiotic will help to reduce your symptoms.
c. The antibiotic will treat the secondary bacterial infection that has developed.
d. The antibiotic will decrease the amount of time for which you are contagious.

Question 2

After teaching a patient about a new eye medication, the nurse observes the patient applying eye ointment. Which technique indicates that the nurse's teaching has been successful?

a. The patient applies the ointment from the inner to outer canthus.
b. The patient applies the ointment in the center of the conjunctival sac.
c. The patient applies the ointment liberally from the outer to inner canthus.
d. The patient applies the ointment directly to the sclera.

zenzy · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
If a cold persists for more than a week to 10 days without improvement, a bacterial infection is present and requires medical treatment. While the etiology of a cold is viral in nature, antibiotics are necessary to this secondary bacterial infection. No cure exists for a cold. Antibiotics will not reduce symptoms of a cold or decrease the contagion period for a cold.

Answer to Question 2

A
A thin line of eye ointment should be applied from the inner canthus to the outer canthus along the lower eyelid inside the conjunctival sac.