The physician is explaining to a client that the results of a culture test revealed that the organism is resistant. The client later asks the nurse if this means the antibiotic is working against the organism. How should the nurse respond?
a. The organism's growth is not inhibited, because of its lack of sensitivity to the antibiotic.
b. The organism's growth is inhibited by the antibiotic because of its sensitivity to the antibiotic.
c. Another culture will need to be done because the organism did not respond to the first test.
d. The antibiotic is at too toxic a drug level to be therapeutic.
a. The organism's growth is not inhibited, because of its lack of sensitivity to the antibiotic.
FEEDBACK:
a. The organism is resistant when its growth is not inhibited because of its lack of sensitivity to the antibiotic.
b. The organism is not resistant when its growth is inhibited. .
c. Resistance does not refer to the success of the test. .
d. Resistance does not refer to the drug level of the antibiotic. .
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