A patient is taking Levofloxacin to treat sinusitis. The patient calls the nurse practitioner to report pain just above the heel of the right foot. The nurse practitioner should:

When prescribing Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX] to children, the nurse practitioner should recall that:

A group of college students are traveling to a chloroquine-resistant malaria area for a mission trip. Which of the following medications can be used for both prevention and treatment of malaria in these students?

A 70 year old patient will begin taking Cefdinir [Omnicef] for an acute exacerbation of COPD. Before initiating therapy, the nurse practitioner should order:

Which medication should the APN NOT prescribe for a 38-year-old male athlete who runs marathons and has a skin abscess

Which of the following antibiotics exhibits a long post-antibiotic effect that permits once-daily dosing?

Sarah is a 25 year old female who is 8 weeks pregnant and has a urinary tract infection. What would be the appropriate antibiotic to prescribe for her?

Providers should use an antibiogram when prescribing. An antibiogram is:

A patient with chronic hepatitis that has led to mildly impaired liver function has an infection that would be best treated by a macrolide. Which would be the best choice for this patient with liver dysfunction?

Children younger than 8 years of age should not receive tetracyclines because these agents:

To prevent the development of peripheral neuropathy in patients taking isoniazid (INH) for tuberculosis the patient is also prescribed

A patient is being discharged from the hospital on a 3 week course of Clindamycin. Which of the following potential adverse effects should be discussed with this patient?

A nurse practitioner is preparing to prescribe macrolide antibiotic for a patient who has a history of a prolonged QT interval on EKG. Which macrolide antibiotic should the NP prescribe?

Fluoroquinolones are considered to be which type of agent?

A patient with otitis media is treated for 10 days with Amoxicillin. At the follow-up visit, the nurse practitioner notes bilateral erythematous, bulging tympanic membranes. The nurse practitioner should prescribe:

Jamie has glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency [G6PD) and requires an antibiotic. Which class of antibiotics should be avoided in this patient?

An 18 year old female presents to the urgent care clinic with urinary frequency, urgency, and fever for the last 3 days. Based on symptoms and a UA, she is diagnosed with a UTI. Cultures reveal Enterococcus faecalis that is sensitive to all antibiotics usually tested for potential treatment. Which of the following is an appropriate oral option to treat the UTI in this patient?

The first line antibiotic for a patient with comorbidities (or who is immunosuppressed] who has pneumonia and can be treated as an outpatient would be:

Which of the following is the primary method of B-lactam resistance with Streptococcus pneumoniae?

Which of the following drugs is correctly matched with the appropriate adverse effect?

Voriconazole (Vfend ) has replaced Amphotericin B as the drug of choice to treat which condition?

Factors that place a patient at risk of developing an antimicrobial resistant organism include:

An adult female has been prescribed doxycycline for a chlamydial infection. She is healthy and her only other medication is an oral combined contraceptive. Education would include:

John is a 4-week-old infant who has been diagnosed with Chlamydial pneumonia. An appropriate treatment for his pneumonia would be: