Antibiotics are powerful tools for preventing and controlling infections. Knowing when and how to administer these agents is crucial for a nurse practitioner’s clinical practice. This CE offering reviews the general principles for prescribing antibiotic medications along with appropriate patient education before moving into detailed descriptions of bacterial classifications.
Challenges to prescribing are also analyzed through an extensive Q and A format that uses established antibiotic categories with rationales that explain the specific and empirical treatment of these medications. Included are discussions on the mechanism of action, antibiotic-resistant factors, and treatment of bacterial infections in patients in special populations, including those with penicillin allergies.
This CE offering contains information on the following:
- The six-steps of rational prescribing
- The empiric 3 Ps
- Body systems and associated pathogens