The Nurse Works in Infection Control and Teaches a Class

question 1

Multiple Choice

The nurse works in infection control and teaches a class to staff nurses about the ways that resistance to antibiotics can occur. The nurse evaluates that learning has occurred when the nurses make which statement?

• A) "Resistance to antibiotics can occur by the common use of them for nosocomial infections."
• B) "Resistance to antibiotics can occur when physicians prescribe too many of them for elderly clients."
• C) "Resistance to antibiotics can occur by the prophylactic use of them for pre -operative clients."
• D) "Resistance to antibiotics can occur when physicians prescribe too many of them for children with ear infections."

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Definitions:

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