Exam 27: Antituberculars, Antifungals, and Antivirals

A patient calls the clinic in November to report a temperature of 103° F,headache,a nonproductive cough,and muscle aches.The patient reports feeling well earlier that day.The nurse will schedule the patient to see the provider and will expect the provider to order which medication?

A patient is diagnosed with influenza and will begin taking a neuraminidase inhibitor.The nurse knows that this drug is effective when taken within how many hours of onset of flu symptoms?

The nurse is teaching a patient who will receive acyclovir for a herpes virus infection.What information will the nurse include when teaching this patient?

A patient who has AIDS is at risk to contract aspergillosis.The nurse will anticipate that which antifungal medication will be ordered prophylactically for this patient?

A patient who has completed the first phase of a three-drug regimen for tuberculosis has a positive sputum acid-bacilli test.The nurse will tell the patient that

A patient who has chronic liver disease reports contact with a person who has tuberculosis (TB).The nurse will counsel this patient to contact the provider to discuss

A patient is diagnosed with tinea capitis.The provider will order which systemic antifungal medication for this patient?