The nurse is seeing clients in the women's clinic. Which client should be treated with ceftriaxone IM and doxycycline orally?
1. A pregnant client with gonorrhea and a yeast infection
2. A nonpregnant client with gonorrhea and chlamydia
3. A pregnant client with syphilis
4. A nonpregnant client with chlamydia and trichomoniasis
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Explanation: 2. The combined treatment of ceftriaxone IM and doxycycline orally provides dual treatment for gonorrhea and chlamydia, which frequently occur together.
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A patient admitted in hypertensive crisis is being cared for by a newly licensed nurse and his preceptor. The preceptor would consider which information when explaining the potential etiology of this crisis?
1. How well has the patient's hypertension been controlled in the past? 2. How old is the patient? 3. Has the patient been following the prescribed therapy? 4. What therapy was the patient prescribed? 5. How long has the patient been hypertensive?
A client is hospitalized after a myocardial infarction. Which hemodynamic parameters does the nurse correlate with cardiogenic shock? (Select all that apply.)
a. Decreased cardiac output b. Increased cardiac output c. Increased mean arterial pressure (MAP) d. Decreased MAP e. Increased afterload f. Decreased afterload
The nurse plans a presentation for community members about how to decrease the risk for antibiotic-resistant infections. Which information will the nurse include in the teaching plan (select all that apply)?
a. Continue taking antibiotics until all the medication is gone. b. Antibiotics may sometimes be prescribed to prevent infection. c. Unused antibiotics that are more than a year old should be discarded. d. Antibiotics are effective in treating influenza associated with high fevers. e. Hand washing is effective in preventing many viral and bacterial infections.