While reviewing medications to be provided by a student nurse, the instructor notes a patient is scheduled to take famciclovir 500 mg orally every 8 hr. The instructor suspects the patient most likely has which of the following diagnoses?
A) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection
B) Hepatic encephalopathy
C) Herpes zoster
D) Bacterial pneumonia

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Famciclovir is an antiviral medication used to treat herpes zoster (shingles) and genital herpes. It is not used for bacterial infections such as MRSA or pneumonia, nor is it used for hepatic encephalopathy which is a neurological complication of liver disease.

While Reviewing Medications to Be Provided by a Student Nurse