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A nursing student wants to know the differences between hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).
 
  Which statements about CA-MRSA are true? (Select all that apply.)
  a. Twenty percent to 30 of the general population are colonized with CA-MRSA.
  b. Boils caused by CA-MRSA can be treated without antibiotics.
  c. CA-MRSA is less dangerous than HA-MRSA.
  d. CA-MRSA does not cause necrotizing fasciitis.
  e. CA-MRSA is transmitted by airborne droplets.

Question 2

A patient is about to receive penicillin G for an infection that is highly sensitive to this drug.
 
  While obtaining the patient's medication history, the nurse learns that the patient experienced a rash when given amoxicillin (Amoxil) as a child 20 years earlier. What will the nurse do?
  a. Ask the provider to order a cephalosporin.
  b. Reassure the patient that allergic responses diminish over time.
  c. Request an order for a skin test to assess the current risk.
  d. Suggest using a desensitization schedule to administer the drug.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, C
CA-MRSA is thought to be present in 20 to 30 of the population, and many of these individuals are asymptomatic carriers. Boils caused by CA-MRSA can often be treated by surgical drainage alone. CA-MRSA is less dangerous than HA-MRSA but more dangerous than methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). CA-MRSA generally causes mild skin infections but can cause more serious infections, such as necrotizing fasciitis. CA-MRSA is transmitted by skin-to-skin contact and by contact with contaminated objects.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Allergy to penicillin can decrease over time; therefore, in patients with a previous allergic reaction who need to take penicillin, skin tests can be performed to assess the current risk. Until this risk is known, changing to a cephalosporin is not necessary. Reassuring the patient that allergic responses will diminish is not correct, because this is not always the case; the occurrence of a reaction must be confirmed with skin tests. Desensitizing schedules are used when patients are known to be allergic and the drug is required anyway.




Cooldude101

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


elyse44

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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