Nursing Students Are Working on a Unit Where a Client

question 51

Multiple Choice

Nursing students are working on a unit where a client has been hospitalized with malaria. They speak with the pharmacist about the drugs used to treat this disease. What do they learn is the primary factor for determining which drug to use?

• A) Age.
• B) The genus of the infecting organism.
• C) The stage of infection.
• D) The geographical location.

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