A public health nurse interacts with many members of the community who are at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The nurse should anticipate the use of tetracycline in a patient who is diagnosed with what STI?
A) Vaginitis
B) Chlamydia
C) Human papillomavirus
D) Trichomoniasis
B
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Tetracycline is effective for treating Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, and Rickettsia. It is not efficacious in the treatment of trichomoniasis, HPV, or vaginitis.
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a. measuring and documenting head circumference. b. allowing the patient's siblings to visit. c. isolating the patient during initial antibiotic treatment and for 24 hours thereafter. d. administering anticonvulsant medications every 6 hours.
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What relevance does this information have regarding your patient? A) The patient may be nervous. B) The patient may be at risk for developing malignant hyperthermia. C) The grandmother's surgery has no relevance to the patient's surgery. D) The patient may be at risk for hypothermia.
A nurse in the CCU is caring for a patient with heart failure who has developed an intracardiac thrombus. What is the most common complication of thromboembolic problems among HF patients?
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A pregnant client at 35 weeks' gestation makes this statement to the nurse: "My baby has been very active up until yesterday when I hardly remember him moving." The nurse should
a. bring the information to the attention of the physician or certified nurse midwife b. listen to the fetal heart tones and reassure the client c. send the client home with instructions to monitor fetal movement d. tell the client that babies often quit movement close to term