A client is prescribed quinine for malaria. The nurse should ...

[karen]

A client is prescribed quinine for malaria. The nurse should monitor the client for:
 
  a. abnormal hair growth. c. tinnitus.
  b. increased susceptibility to infection. d. bronchospasm.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the organism that causes malaria?
 
  a. It is transmitted by respiratory droplets.
  b. It is transmitted by sexual intercourse.
  c. It causes symptoms within 24 hours after transmission.
  d. It enters the body and destroys red blood cells.

[Ksanderson1296]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Feedback
A Incorrect: This is not an adverse effect of quinine.
B Incorrect: This is not an adverse effect of quinine.
C Correct: This is a manifestation of cinchonism, a common adverse effect of quinine.
D Incorrect: This is not an adverse effect of quinine.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D

Feedback
A Incorrect: It enters the bloodstream either by the bite of a mosquito or by the blood of an infected person.
B Incorrect: It is not a sexually transmitted disease.
C Incorrect: It usually does not cause symptoms until one-to-two weeks after transmission.
D Correct: This is what produces most of the clinical manifestations of malaria.

[karen]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

[nguyenhoanhat]

Excellent