An RN in a Primary Care Office Is Caring for a 10-Year-Old

Multiple Choice

An RN in a primary care office is caring for a 10-year-old patient experiencing fever, chills, nasal congestion, and a sore throat. The patient's mother indicates that the child had been ill for the past two days, experiencing a poor appetite and sleepiness. The nurse swabs the patient's throat for rapid microbial analysis, suspecting the patient's symptoms are due to a common pathogen.
-The laboratory findings report that the child is infected with influenza B virus. Which of the following medications would the nurse expect to be ordered for this child?   

A) Penicillin
B) No medication
C) Acyclovir
D) Oseltamivir