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WorksheetsPractice Quiz - Parasites
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
You are teaching your patient, who has a tapeworm, about Praziquantel. The three things you are going to ensure you tell your patient are: avoid driving because of drowsiness, do not crush the pills, and _______
take with food
swallow quickly to prevent nausea and vomiting
fatty foods help with absorption
take on an empty stomach
You will tell your patient starting on Albendazole to return to the clinic in 2 weeks to assess:
Serum Sodium & Potassium
Kidney & Liver Function
Cholesterol & Cardiac Enzymes
CBC & Liver function
Preventing relapse of malaria primarily focuses on:
Eliminating Erythrocyte Infection
Eliminating Anopheles Mosquito Population
Eliminating Liver Infection
Eliminating Intestinal Infection
You are caring for a patient diagnosed with malaria and started on Quinine combo therapy. You will call the provider when you note the patient has a history of which chronic illness?
Atrial Fibrillation
Asthma
Hypertension
Epilepsy
Your patient with malaria is getting worse, so the provider orders Quinidine Gluconate. What 2 things are you going to plan to assess frequently?
Level of Consciousness & Reflexes
Blood Pressure & Cardiac Rhythm
Cranial Nerve Function & Level of Consciousness
Gag Reflex & Blood Pressure
Two medications that, both, prevent malaria infection and treat Quinidine-Resistant malaria are:
Atesunate & Malarone
Artesunate & Primaquine
Malarone & Primaquine
Mefloquine & Malarone
Your patient has been started on Metronidazole to treat a protozoal infection. When you review the chart, you note the patient has been taking Warfarin for the past 2 years. Why is this a concern?
Metronidazole enhances the effects of Warfarin. Increases bleeding risk.
Metronidazole decreases the effectiveness of Warfaring. Puts patient at risk for clots.
Warfarin inhibits Metronidazole. Causes treatment failure.
Warfarin enhances Metronidazole. Can lead to toxicity.
A weird but harmless side effect of Nitazoxanide is:
Red Rash on palms and soles of feet
Yellowing of sclera
Purple splotches on the face
The sudden, uncontrollable urge to act like one's favorite farm animal
The best way to prevent hypotension when infusing IV Pentamadine is:
Infuse slowly & place the patient in supine position
Infuse slowly & place the patient in reverse trendelenberg
Infuse quickly & instruct the patient to stand upright
Infuse slowly & instruct the patient to perform a headstand
To prevent anemia, you teach your patient who is taking Pyramethamine/Sulfadiazine to take what dietary supplement?
Vitamin B12
Folic Acid
Fish Oil
St. John's Wort
You are teaching your patient with head lice about a treatment that will only kill the adult lice but not the eggs. Because of this, you will instruct your patient to do what to ensure the infection is taken care of?
Sleep with your head wrapped in plastic wrap
Do another treatment 1 week after the first one
Do another treatment 2 days after the first one
Shake your head really hard to get the rest of the lice out
Since Lindane is absorbed by the exoskeleton of the insect to cause death by severe convulsions, it can be assumed that it should be avoided in patients with what chronic illness?
Diabetes
Myesthenia Gravis
Epilepsy
Schizophrenia
