Which term is used to describe an agent that inhibits bacterial growth but does not kill bacteria?

Which of the following antiviral medications inhibits neuraminidase enzyme?

A nurse is educating a client who has a respiratory infection and a new prescription for azithromycin (Zithromax).
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? (Select all that apply).

The development of a new infection as a result of the elimination of normal flora by an antibiotic is referred to as what?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving gentamicin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic, for a severe infection.
The nurse should monitor the client for which adverse effects of this drug? (Select all that apply.)

Which antibiotics are classified as concentration-dependent antimicrobials?

A nurse is caring for a client who has trichomoniasis and is prescribed tinidazole.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse give to the client?

A patient is receiving cefazolin, a first-generation cephalosporin, for a surgical prophylaxis.
The nurse should assess the patient for which of the following possible allergic reactions? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is preparing to administer ceftriaxone (Rocephin) to a client who has pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The nurse should recognize that ceftriaxone belongs to which generation of cephalosporins?

A patient has been prescribed azithromycin, a macrolide antibiotic, for a respiratory infection.
The nurse should instruct the patient to report which of the following signs or symptoms of a potential adverse effect?

The nurse is caring for a patient receiving vancomycin (Vancocin) for treatment of an infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Which assessment finding would indicate a potentially serious adverse reaction to this drug?