What should a nurse practitioner assess before starting a patient on disulfiram therapy?

True or False: Antiviral medications are effective against bacterial infections.

A patient comes to the clinic before a trip to an area where malaria is endemic. The primary care NP will prescribe:

A patient has been taking ciprofloxacin for 3 days and calls the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) to report having headaches and dizziness. The NP should:

True or False: Sulfonamides are effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

A new patient comes to see the primary care NP with fever, mild dehydration, and dysuria with flank pain. The patient tells the NP that a previous provider always prescribed trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and wonders why a urine culture is necessary because this antibiotic has worked in the past. The NP should tell this patient that a culture is necessary to help determine:

Match the antibiotics with their primary class or category.

Which of the following benzodiazepines is most commonly prescribed for anxiety disorders?

A patient who has had two recent urinary tract infections is in the clinic with dysuria and fever. The primary care NP reviews the patient’s chart and notes that in both previous cases the causative organism and sensitivity were the same. The NP should:

A woman has a Chlamydia infection. Before initiating treatment with a tetracycline antibiotic, the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) should: