Nursing Practitioner Questions
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1. Since the patient is complaining of difficulty sleepingsince taking ciprofloxacin, and insomnia is a possible side effect of this drug, the NP should consider a change in prescription. Additional treatments for acute bacterial prostatitis include a combination of ampicillin and gentamicin. Standard recommendations also include the use of a tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX [Bactrim, Septral) or a quinolone. Other medications labeled for treatment of this condition include carbenicillin (Miostat), cefazolin (Ancef), cephalexin (Keflex), cephradine (Velosef) and minocycline (Minocin). Since most use TMP-SMX for the first-line treatment, the NP should determine the efficacy of its use for this patient. The NP should go over the patient=s medical history to find out if ciprofloxacin was the first line of treatment and how long the patient has been suffering from the condition, how long he has been on this medication, how was the diagnosis made (urine culture to determine infec
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