The nurse works in infection control and teaches a class to staff ...

[lidoalex]

The nurse works in infection control and teaches a class to staff nurses about the ways that resistance to antibiotics can occur. The nurse evaluates that learning has occurred when the nurses make which statement?
 
  1. Resistance to antibiotics most often occurs when physicians prescribe too many of them for elderly clients.
  2. Resistance to antibiotics can occur by the common use of them for nosocomial infections.
  3. Resistance to antibiotics most often occurs when physicians prescribe too many of them for children with ear infections.
  4. Resistance to antibiotics can occur by the prophylactic use of them for pre-operative clients.

Question 2

The client tells the nurse that the doctor told him his antibiotic did not kill his infection, but just slowed its growth. The client is anxious. What is the best response by the nurse to decrease the client's anxiety?
 
  1. This is okay because your body will help kill the infection too.
  2. This is okay because your doctor is an infectious disease specialist.
  3. This is okay because your blood work is being monitored daily.
  4. This is okay because your infection is not really that serious.

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: The use of antibiotics by physicians with elderly clients is not the major cause of antibiotic resistance.
Rationale 2: The organisms that cause nosocomial infections have most likely been treated with antibiotics, and are the most likely organisms to develop resistance to antibiotics.
Rationale 3: The use of antibiotics by physicians for children with ear infections is not the primary cause of antibiotic resistance.
Rationale 4: The prophylactic use of antibiotics does not promote antibiotic resistance.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Some drugs do not kill the bacteria, but instead slow their growth and depend on the body's natural defenses to dispose of the microorganisms. These drugs which slow the growth of bacteria are called bacteriostatic.
Rationale 2: Telling the client that the doctor is a specialist does not answer the question and will increase anxiety.
Rationale 3: Telling the client that his blood work is being monitored does not answer the question and will increase anxiety.
Rationale 4: Telling a client with an infection that the infection is not serious will increase anxiety because to the client, all infections are serious.

[lidoalex]

Excellent

[scottmt]

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