Chapter 42: Pneumonia

Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurse Practitioner Prescribers 3rd Edition by Teri Moser Woo

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Chapter 42: Pneumonia

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

____     1.   The most common bacterial pathogen in community acquired pneumonia is:

A. Haemophilus influenzae
B. Staphylococcus aureus
C. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
D. Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

 

____     2.   The first-line drug choice for a previously healthy adult patient diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia would be:

A. Ciprofloxacin
B. Azithromycin
C. Amoxicillin
D. Doxycycline

 

 

____     3.   The first-line antibiotic choice for a patient with comorbidities or who is immunosuppressed who has pneumonia and can be treated as an outpatient would be:

A. Levofloxacin
B. Amoxicillin
C. Ciprofloxacin
D. Cephalexin

 

 

____     4.   If an adult patient with comorbidities cannot reliably take oral antibiotics to treat pneumonia, an appropriate initial treatment option would be:

A. IV or IM gentamicin
B. IV or IM ceftriaxone
C. IV amoxicillin
D. IV ciprofloxacin

 

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. ANS:  D                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  B                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  A                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  B                    PTS:   1

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