Patient with pneumococcal pneumonia

Patient with pneumococcal pneumonia

Question 1

A patient with an acute pharyngitis is seen at the clinic with fever and severe throat pain that affects swallowing. On inspection, the throat is reddened and edematous with patchy yellow exudates. The nurse anticipates that collaborative management will include:

treatment with antibiotics
treatment with antifungal agents
a throat culture or rapid strep antigen test
treatment with medication only if the pharyngitis does not resolve in 3 to 4 days

Question 2

During the assessment of the chest in a patient with pneumococcal pneumonia, the nurse would expect to find

vesicular breath sounds.
increased tactile fremitus.
dry, nonproductive cough.
hyperresonance to percussion.

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