Nursing

1. Explain the difference between the actions of bacteriostatic and bacteriocidal drugs.2. Explain the following terms in relation to antibiotic therapyI.  Identification of the infecting organismII.  Drug susceptibilityIII. Host factorsIV. Empiric Therapy3. When caring for a patient with an infection, the nurse may check the following labs.  Explain why these labs would be monitored in a patient receiving antibiotics for an infectionCBC with differentialLiver and kidney function testsSerum drug levels of the antibiotic