Exam 10: Antivirals,Antiretrovirals,and Antifungal Medications

Before antiretrovirals are started for patients infected with HIV,which lab values should be obtained from the patient?

Which is Nystatin used to treat?

A patient infected with AIDS tells the nurse that she has been only partially compliant with the medications because of the side effect of nausea.Which is the best response made by the nurse?

A patient asks a nurse what an AIDS-related opportunistic infection is.Which should be the nurse's reply?

Which are the most common adverse reactions to antifungal medications? (Select all that apply.)

Which is Zovirax (acyclovir)indicated for the treatment of?

For cytomegalovirus (CMV)retinitis,the nurse anticipates the physician will prescribe which type of medication?

Which group of drugs limits the progression of HIV?

Nystatin is a polyene antifungal medication used primarily for the treatment of what condition?

A patient comes into the clinic complaining of being exposed to a co-worker who has the flu.The patient is asymptomatic.What should the nurse anticipate the physician will order?

An HIV-infected patient asks,"Why do you have to wear gloves to dress the wound on my foot? I thought blood was the only thing you had to be careful with." Which represents what the nurse will tell the patient?

Most of the antiretroviral drugs are toxic to which organs or organ systems?

Which is the best response made by the nurse providing education to a patient taking ketoconazole for a fungal infection?

Which instructions should the nurse provide to a patient taking an antifungal medication?

Which are characteristics of "Crix belly" syndrome? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse checks what other medications the patient is taking before instructing him about the antiretroviral he is started on.This is necessary for which reason?

A female patient,newly diagnosed with HIV,complains of reoccurring vaginal itching and cottage-cheese-like discharge.Based on the patient's history,what does the nurse anticipate the physician will order for treatment?

A patient infected with HIV comes into the clinic for a regular appointment and seems less depressed and more talkative.She has been on an antiretroviral drug for a few months.The patient tells the nurse she feels like she is cured,because she is taking the medication and feeling better.Which represents what the nurse will say to this patient? (Select all that apply.)

Which condition can result when antifungals are taken concurrently with corticosteroid therapy?

Which dietary recommendation is given when administering the antifungal medication griseofulvin?