A child diagnosed with a serious fungal infection is prescribed amphotericin B parenterally. When considering possible adverse effects, the nurse should monitor the child’s level of which mineral?

Drinking salt water from the ocean is dangerous because it will result in severe constipation. 

Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV1) can be spread when a patient is not experiencing an outbreak.

Blood levels of which of the following white blood cells would be expected to rise following a parasitic worm infection?

Viruses can replicate on their own without host cells.

After studying about viruses, which information indicates the student has a good understanding of viruses? Viruses:

A patient, currently prescribed epoetin alfa, is found to have a hemoglobin concentration of 13.2 g/dL. What course of action should be taken?

Infants are at risk of jaundice when the mother produces antibodies that cross the placenta before birth and these antibodies destroy fetal red blood cells. Which type of jaundice is this?

Use of alcohol and which antibiotic will result in severe nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea (known as disulfiram reaction).

A layer of cell wall is the outermost surface of gram-negative bacteria.