A patient admitted to the hospital is using metronidazole (Flagyl) 0.75% gel. The nurse understands that this agent is used to treat which condition?
a. Chlamydia trachomatis
b. Gardnerella vaginalis
c. Haemophilus ducreyi
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
ANS: B
Gardnerella vaginalis causes bacterial vaginosis and is treated with metronidazole gel. C. trachomatis is treated with systemic antibiotics. H. ducreyi, which causes chancroid, is treated with systemic antibiotics. T. vaginalis is treated with oral metronidazole.
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a. Help them make a list of the problems. b. Provide a list of preferred funeral homes. c. Allow them privacy to work it out alone. d. Suggest they call someone who can help.
A NANDA-accepted nursing diagnosis that could be written for the patient who is hemorrhaging and in hypovolemic shock from a bleeding peptic ulcer would include
a. Ineffective tissue perfusion (gastrointestinal). b. Unilateral neglect. c. Constipation. d. Disuse syndrome (gastrointestinal).
A woman 90 years of age has been in an automobile crash and sustained four fractured ribs on the left side of her thorax. Based on her age and the injury, she is at risk for what complication?
A) Pneumonia B) Altered thought processes C) Urinary incontinence D) Viral influenza
Fifteen students from a local elementary school developed hepatitis A. The source of the infection was traced to a contaminated well that supplies drinking water to one of the school's three water fountains. This is an example of a
1. Common (point source) epidemic. 2. Propagated epidemic. 3. Vectorborne infection. 4. Zoonosis.