The nurse is caring for a patient with cystic fibrosis who has ...

[rosent76]

The nurse is caring for a patient with cystic fibrosis who has recently not been taking her pancreatic enzymes recently. What is the primary assessment finding the nurse will see as a result of this noncompliance?
 
  A) Constipation
  B) Diarrhea
  C) Malnutrition
  D) Abdominal pain

Question 2

The nursing instructor is talking with the students about anti-infective medication and explains that drugs that are very selective in their actions are said to be what?
 
  A) Broad spectrum
  B) Narrow spectrum
  C) Bactericidal
  D) Bacteriostatic

[fromAlphatoOmega22]

Answer to Question 1

C
Feedback:
Patients with cystic fibrosis take pancreatic enzymes to promote digestion and absorption of nutrients so failure to take the drug would result in malnutrition and weight loss. Constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal pain would not be in the primary assessment finding.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
Some anti-infectives are so selective in their action that they are effective against only a few, or possibly only one, microorganism with a very specific metabolic pathway or enzyme. These drugs are said to have a narrow spectrum of activity. They are not called broad spectrum, which applies to a drug with little selectivity; bactericidal, which is a substance that causes death of bacteria; or bacteriostatic, which prevents replication of a bacterium.

[rosent76]

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[fromAlphatoOmega22]

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