Patient Scenario: A 16-year-old female high school student has been taking ciprofloxacin for the past 10 days for the tr
Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 1:17 pm
Patient Scenario:
A 16-year-old female high school student has been taking
ciprofloxacin for the past 10 days for the treatment
of a “strep” throat. She visits the school nurse with the
complaint of vaginal burning and itching along with a
foul-smelling vaginal drainage. The school nurse, who is
a family nurse practitioner, prescribes metronidazole 500
mg every 6 to 8 hours for 7 days.
1. What is the action of metronidazole?
2. The nurse should provide what client teaching to the
girl?
A 16-year-old female high school student has been taking
ciprofloxacin for the past 10 days for the treatment
of a “strep” throat. She visits the school nurse with the
complaint of vaginal burning and itching along with a
foul-smelling vaginal drainage. The school nurse, who is
a family nurse practitioner, prescribes metronidazole 500
mg every 6 to 8 hours for 7 days.
1. What is the action of metronidazole?
2. The nurse should provide what client teaching to the
girl?