The nurse is giving a patient who has mitral stenosis a preoperative antibiotic. Which of these, if stated by a patient, indicates to the nurse correct understanding of why the antibiotic is necessary?
a. "To prevent infection of the surgical incision."
b. "To prevent postoperative pneumonia."
c. "To prevent a bacterial infection in the heart."
d. "To prevent an increase in body temperature."
ANS: C
Prophylactic antibiotic therapy helps prevent a bacterial infection in the heart, rheumatic fever, and subsequent rheumatic heart disease and is recommended to prevent valvular disease.
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