A group of nursing students and their professor are engaged in a service learning project and will be caring for patients in Haiti. What medication should be administered to prevent the development of malaria?
A) Metronidazole (Flagyl)
B) Oprelvekin (Neumega)
C) Chloroquine phosphate (Aralen)
D) Chloroprocaine hydrochloride (Nesacaine)
C
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Chloroquine phosphate (Aralen) is administered to prevent malaria when traveling to the countries where malaria is a risk because of infected mosquitoes. Metronidazole is not administered to prevent malaria. Oprelvekin is used in the prevention of severe thrombocytopenia with antineoplastic chemotherapy. Chloroprocaine hydrochloride is a local anesthetic agent.
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