Helicobacter pylori is implicated as a causative agent in the development of duodenal or gastric ulcers. What teaching should the nurse practitioner plan for a patient who has a positive Helicobacter pylori test?
A. It is highly contagious and a mask should be worn at home.
B. Treatment regimen is multiple lifetime medications.
C. Treatment regimen is multiple medications taken daily for a few weeks.
D. Treatment regimen is complicated and is not indicated unless the patient is symptomatic.
Question 2
Asymptomatic 1+ bacteruria is found in a nursing home resident with an indwelling catheter. The nurse practitioner's initial intervention includes
A. Assessing resident's cognitive status and last change of the catheter/bag
B. Prescribing prophylactic Bactrim 1 tablet at bedtime
C. Ordering a urine culture and sensitivity and prescribing empiric treatment until results obtained
D. Ordering an x-ray of the kidney, urine, and bladder
Face Development in the Womb
What is the strongest oxidizing agent of the following set: MnCl2, Mn(OH)3, MnO2, KMnO4?
Helicobacter pylori (artist’s representation)
Development of the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister). The crabs live for 8 to 10 years.
Genetic analysis of vulval development in C. elegans
The proposed evolutionary development of the mammalian