Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 51

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
A 12-year-old male is admitted to the pediatric unit due to persistent upper respiratory symptoms and respiratory distress. The patient has a history of developmental delay, chronic lung disease, and frequent respiratory infections. Upon assessment, as the RN, you note the patient to have a fever, moderate respiratory rate, productive cough, and large amount of nasal secretions. Upon report from the patient’s mother, the patient has been on a 3-week course of antibiotics with no improvement in symptoms. Upon further workup, the patient is diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) superinfection.
-Treatment of urinary tract infections often leads to a superinfection caused by which microbe?

• A)Giardia lamblia
• B)Lactobacillus acidophilus
• C)Escherichia coli
• D)Candida albicans

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Definitions:

Monocytes

A form of leukocyte crucial to the immune system, as it evolves into macrophages and dendritic cells.

Neutrophils

A type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infections by engulfing and destroying bacteria and fungi.

Agranulocyte

Nongranular leukocyte (monocyte or lymphocyte).

Eosinophil

A type of white blood cell involved in allergic reactions and fighting parasitic infections.