Please provide rationale for choice: You are caring for an…
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You are caring for an eighth-grade boy who has fallen below the normal growth curve. He has been seen by the pediatric endocrinologist for a workup. A definitive diagnosis of constitutional growth delay has not yet been assigned. He is brought in today by his mother with a history of a tick bite while on a boy scout camp out. Mom noticed the erythema migrans lesion and brings her son in for an antibiotic to prevent development of the chronic form of Lyme disease. Which of the following antibiotics should be avoided in the treatment for this patient?
Doxycycline
Amoxicillin
Bactrim
Augmentin
Mr. H. comes in with a complaint of exacerbation of his BPH symptoms. During your health assessment you discover that he has been treating himself for his ‘summer cold’ with over-the-counter medications. Understanding the mechanism of action of drugs used to treat nasal allergy symptoms which of the following would do you advise Mr. H. to take?
Claritin D
Mucinex
Benadryl
Claritin
You are seeing a 9-year-old child with a complaint of left ear pain off and on since last week. Your assessment reveals the left tympanic membrane that is ‘raging red’ and bulging. Current guidelines direct a dose of Amoxicillin of 90mg/kg/day. The child weighs 60kg and your calculations reveal the daily dose to 5400mg/day. The maximum adult daily dose is for amoxicillin is 4000mg/day. As the advanced practice nurse working with this child which of the following actions do you identify to be the most appropriate?
Choose a different antibiotic since the calculated dose exceeds the max adult dose
Dose 5400 mg divided into 3 doses daily of 1,800mg each
Have the mother bring the child back in for a re-assessment in 3 days
Dose 4000mg divided into 2 doses daily of 2,000 mg each
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