Pharm. Ch. 39 (Antibiotics Part 2) – Flashcards

The nurse would monitor which laboratory values in a patient receiving intravenous gentamicin (Garamycin)?

The nurse will question the use of a floroquinolone antibiotic in a patient already prescribed which medication?

Which is a complication of vancomycin infusions?

When teaching a patient being discharged on linezolid (Zyvox) to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the nurse must emphasize the importance of

The nurse should assess a patient for nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity when administering which antimicrobial?

When planning care for a patient receiving once-daily intravenous gentamicin therapy, the nurse schedules a trough drug level to be drawn

The nurse would teach a patient receiving metronidazole (Flagyl) to avoid ingestion of which drink?

The patient's culture has grown gram-positive cocci, and the patient is prescribed two different antibiotics, one of which is gentamicin. To treat this type of infection, which type of drug is typically prescribed with gentamicin?

A patient is prescribed metronidazole (Flagyl) for a gynecologic infection, and she provides a list of medications she takes routinely to the nurse. Which medication would lead the nurse to question the order for Flagyl?