Q.39 A nurse is caring for a patient who has a urinary tract infection. The nurse should instruct the patient that which of the following tests is needed to determine which micro-organism is causing the infection?

Q1. The nurse was assigned a patient who developed herpes simplex during the hospitalization and expects to find which medication ordered for this infection?

Q30. The nurse is monitoring a patient for severe adverse reaction of nephrotoxicity from antimicrobial therapy by which laboratory results?

Q13. The patient mentioned to the nurse that they were allergic to levofloxacin a quinolone, and asked the nurse to explain how that drug works. Which statement by the nurse describes the mechanism of action of the quinolones?

Q19. A patient with a wound infection has just been admitted to the floor. In contributing to a plan of care for this patient, which of the following actions should the nurse recommend as the priority?

Q24. Which laboratory value does the nurse closely monitor in a patient who is taking warfarin (Coumadin) and levothyroxine (Synthroid)?

Q17. Which laboratory test result is the nurse especially aware of for a patient who is taking fludrocortisone (Florinef) for the treatment of Addison’s disease?

Q29.  A nurse is collecting data from a patient who has a severe infection and has been receiving cefotaxime for the past week. Which of the following findings indicates a potentially serious adverse reaction to this medication that the nurse should report to the provider?

On a particular chromosome, genes are typically arranged in the order ABCDEF. An individual with an atypical gene order, AEDCBF, is identified. When compared to the typical chromosome, the atypical chromosome shows a(n) ___________________________.

In an individual heterozygous for a chromosomal deletion, what happens during homologous chromosome pairing and synapsis?