Chapter 42. Pneumonia

Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers 4th 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:

1. Haemophilus influenzae
2. Staphylococcus aureus
3. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
4. Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

 

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

1. Ciprofloxacin
2. Azithromycin
3. Amoxicillin
4. 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:

1. Levofloxacin
2. Amoxicillin
3. Ciprofloxacin
4. Cephalexin

 

 

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

1. IV or IM gentamicin
2. IV or IM ceftriaxone
3. IV amoxicillin
4. IV ciprofloxacin

 

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. ANS:  4                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  2                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  1                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  2                    PTS:   1

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