Exam 98: Antiprotozoal Drugs I: Antimalarial Agents

A patient who is a missionary has returned from Africa to the United States and has completed treatment for an acute attack of P. vivax malaria. The provider has determined that clinical cure has been achieved. The nurse will expect to teach this patient about:

A patient has been treated for an acute attack of P. vivax malaria. For relapse prevention,the nurse expects the provider to order which medication?

A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the two most common forms of malaria,Plasmodium vivax malaria and Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Which statement by a student indicates a need for further teaching?

A patient who frequently travels to Africa has been treated for an acute attack of P. vivax malaria. The patient asks the nurse about medications to prevent relapse. Which response by the nurse is correct?

The nurse is caring for a newly admitted African American patient who has just returned from a mission trip to Africa. The patient contracted malaria and is being treated with primaquine. What will the nurse monitor?

A patient has severe P. falciparum malaria and is unable to tolerate oral medications. Which regimen is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatment of choice for this patient?

Which are adverse effects of quinine [Qualaquin]? (Select all that apply.)

A patient who takes imipramine has a moderate infection with P. vivax that is chloroquine resistant. Which medication will the nurse expect the provider to order?

A recent immigrant from the Middle East is being treated for P. falciparum malaria and has completed a course of chloroquine [Aralen Phosphate]. What will the nurse do?

A patient who has contracted falciparum malaria has received a prescription for artemether/lumefantrine [Coartem] and tells the nurse she thinks she may be pregnant. What will the nurse tell this patient?

A nurse is teaching a patient who is preparing to travel for a month-long missionary trip to Africa. The provider has ordered chloroquine [Aralen Phosphate] as suppressive therapy. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?