Final Exam^357
- The health-care provider orders Sumycin for a 6-year-old who has been diagnosed
with Lyme disease. What is your best response?
a. Question the order because Sumycin will permanently stain the child’s teeth.
b. Administer the medication.
c. Question the order because you expected the health-care provider to order
tetracycline.
d. Question the order because Lyme disease is a viral infection. - What would you expect the health-care provider to order if a child diagnosed
with pertussis is unable to tolerate erythromycin?
a. Penicillin G
b. Sumycin
c. Bactrim
d. Tetracycline - Why is a child diagnosed with tetanus placed in the ICU?
a. To prevent transmitting tetanus to other children.
b. To limit the spreading of the Clostridium tetanibacterium.
c. To monitor cardiorespiratory function because muscles tightening the mouth
make it difficult to breathe and swallow.
d. To protect the child from seizures. - A mother of a 3-year-old called saying she noticed a small red flat spot on the
roof of her child’s mouth. What is your best response?
a. Bring the child to the ED immediately.
b. Bring the child to the health-care provider immediately.
c. Ask the woman if she is pregnant.
d. Tell her to mention this to her health-care provider during her next scheduled
appointment. - A parent of a child who is diagnosed with rubeola asks if she can send her child
to child care tomorrow since the rash disappeared 2 days ago. What is your best
response?
a. Yes, he is no longer contagious.
b. No, not until she is examined by the health-care provider.
c. No, he remains contagious for 5 days after the rash subsides.
d. Yes, as long as no other child at the child-care center is infected. - Father of 7-year-old who is diagnosed with the measles tells his son that he will
be fine after taking an antibiotic for 10 days. How would you respond?
a. The measles is a viral infection. Antibiotics are prescribed for bacterial infections
and won’t have any therapeutic effect on the measles virus.
b. The measles is self-limiting.
c. The treatment for the measles is to let it run its course.
d. The treatment for the measles is to let it run its course and treat the symptoms of
the infection.