Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Septra)

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Septra)

Question 1

Your female patient was recently treated with clindamycin for an infection. She calls the advice nurse because she is having frequent diarrhea that she thinks may have blood in it. What would be the appropriate care for her?

Group of answer choices

Assess her for pseudomembranous colitis.

Start her on an antidiarrheal medication.

Encourage increased fluids and fiber.

Advise her to eat yogurt daily to help restore her gut bacteria.

Question 2

Anaphylactic shock is a:

Group of answer choices

Type I reaction, called immediate hypersensitivity reaction

Type IV allergic reaction, called delayed hypersensitivity reaction

Type III allergic reaction, called immune complex hypersensitivity

Type II reaction, called cytotoxic hypersensitivity reaction

Question 3

Your patient is a 25-year-old female who is 8 weeks pregnant and has a urinary tract infection. What would be the appropriate antibiotic to prescribe for her?

Group of answer choices

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Septra)