Author Question: When educating a student who lives in a crowded apartment and diagnosed with tuberculosis, the ... (Read 42 times)

abc · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

When educating a student who lives in a crowded apartment and diagnosed with tuberculosis, the college school nurse will emphasize,

A)
Once your fever goes away, you can stop taking the streptomycin injection.
B)
If isoniazid makes you nauseous, we can substitute something milder.
C)
To destroy this bacterium, you must strictly adhere to a long-term drug regimen.
D)
You will have to wear an N95 mask while on campus at all times.

Question 2

While working in the newborn ICU, the nurses receive a call that an infant, gestational age of 23 weeks, is being air flighted to the level 3 trauma nursery. The priority intervention for this infant would be

A)
insertion of an umbilical line for fluids.
B)
intubation and mechanical ventilation.
C)
insertion of a feeding tube.
D)
insertion of an intraventricular catheter.

hramirez205 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans:
C

Feedback:

Success of chemotherapy for prophylaxis and treatment of tuberculosis depends on strict adherence to a lengthy drug regimen that includes isoniazid (INH), rifampin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, and streptomycin (or some combination of these).

Answer to Question 2

Ans:
B

Feedback:

The type II alveolar cells that produce surfactant do not begin to mature until 26th to 27th week of gestation; consequently, many premature infants have difficulty in producing sufficient amounts of surfactant. This can lead to alveolar collapse and severe respiratory distress. The only answer (B) to facilitate respiratory is mechanical ventilation. IV fluids and nutrition are important but not a priority of airway/breathing problems. There is no indication that the infant has increased ICP and would need an intraventricular catheter.