Cardiac glycosides/antianginals
A cardiac glycoside that treats HF by helping the heart muscle contract more forcefully.
What is digoxin?
The neurotransmitter that is lacking in Parkinson‘s disease.
What is dopamine?
Two organs that may be negatively affected by aminoglycoside antibiotics, such as gentamicin.
The antidote for heparin.
A muscle relaxant used in the treatment of malignant hyperthermia.
What is dantrolene?
0.5--2.0 ng/mL
A drug combined with levodopa to increase the amount of levodopa that reaches the brain.
What is carbidopa?
A side effect that can occur in children under the age of 8 if they are given tetracyclines.
Therapeutic range is 2-3.
What is expected INR for warfarin?
Adverse effects that may occur if muscle relaxants are abruptly discontinued.
Rebound spasms, hallucinations, seizures
One lab value and one physical assessment finding the nurse must check before administering a cardiac glycoside.
What is potassium and apical pulse?
A dietary modification that people taking carbidopa-levodopa must make.
Avoid taking with foods high in protein—decreases absorption.
Food and supplements that should be avoided when administering tetracyclines.
What are dairy products, iron, calcium, and antacids?
These drugs work by reducing the tendency of platelets to aggregate (stick together) to prevent clots.
What are antiplatelet drugs?
The antidote for cholinergic crisis caused by neostigmine.
Alcohol, BP meds, vasodilators such as alpha-1 blockers, and PDE-5 inhibitors such as sildenafil all interact with this class of drugs.
Nitrates
Benztropine should not be given to older adults due to risk for these effects.
What are anticholinergic effects?
An important teaching point for clients taking tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones, and aminoglycosides, particularly in spring and summer months.
What is avoid sun?
Apixaban, rivaroxaban, and fondaparinux belong to this class.
What are factor Xa inhibitors?
The most important equipment the nurse should have available for a client receiving a paralytic agent.
What is emergency airway/intubation supplies?
What is the proper way to store nitroglycerin sublingual tablets?
Patients taking this drug for management of Parkinson’s may experience difficulty with impulse control.
A rare but serious adverse effect of fluroquinolones. More prevalent in older adults and athletes .
What is Achilles tendon rupture?
Bleeding gums, petechiae, coffee ground emesis, bruising, melena, hematochezia
What are warning signs of internal bleeding?
The most dangerous adverse effect of vecuronium.